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The Nott Memorial is an elaborate 16-sided stone-masonry building which serves as both architectural and physical centerpiece of Union College in Schenectady, New York. Dedicated to Eliphalet Nott , president of Union for sixty-two years (1804–1866), the 110-foot (34 m) high by 89-foot (27 m) wide structure is a National Historic Landmark ...
Memorial Chapel: Memorial Chapel was constructed between 1924 and 1925 to serve as the central college chapel and to honor Union graduates who lost their lives serving during wartime. The names of Union alumni who died in World War I and World War II appear on its south wall, flanked by portraits of college presidents.
Built in 1899, this church features a distinctive 230-foot (70 m) steel-and-glass central spire, with a view towards the college's Nott Memorial from the front. Former Ellis mansion nearby serves as the church's rectory. [1] Willis Hanson Estate, 821 Union Street and 20½ Union Avenue. 1888 three-story Queen Anne estate and 1900 carriage house ...
It was founded in 1836 by members of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, [6] but was open to students of all denominations. In 1893, UTS rescinded the right of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to veto faculty appointments, thus becoming fully independent. In the 20th century, Union became a center of liberal Christianity.
Sidney Brownsberger was the first president of Pacific Union College, then on its former campus in Healdsburg, California and known as Healdsburg Academy. [1] Prior to founding Healdsburg Academy, he was the president of Battle Creek Adventist College from 1875 to 1881, after finding his faith in the church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
The church was built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1921, as part of his plans to develop the town of Pocantico Hills, which was below his estate Kykuit. [2] Upon the death of Rockefeller's wife Abby Aldrich Rockefeller in 1948, their son Nelson Rockefeller commissioned Henri Matisse to design the church's rose window in honor of her memory ...
Hume McHenry Memorial High School and Jr. College, Pune, India; Helen Lowry College of Arts & Commerce, Aizawl, India; Lakpahana Adventist College and Seminary, Sri Lanka; Adventist International School, Sri Lanka; Lowry Memorial College & Group of Institutions, Bangaluru, India; METAS of Seventh-day Adventist Colleges, Surat, India
Architect of the Nott Memorial; architect of Mark Twain's residence in Hartford, Connecticut [136] William Clarke Whitford: 1853 President of Milton College [137] Orlow W. Chapman: 1854 Solicitor General of the United States [138] Edwin W. Rice: 1854 Editor and author with the American Sunday School Union [139] Sheldon Jackson: 1855