The Big Green
Dartmouth College
Baker Library's 200-foot tower, modelled on Philadelphia's Independence Hall, is the symbol of the college, and its basement holds José Clemente Orozco's fresco The Epic of American Civilization, a National Historic Landmark.
- 4Buildings
- 4Traditions
- 1907Oldest · Rauner Special Collections Library
- 1985Newest · Hood Museum of Art
Campus map and Look Around
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Planning the visit
- Fly intoLebanon Municipal Airport (LEB)
Lebanon's small airport, just south of Hanover, has a few commuter flights. Most visitors fly into Boston Logan and drive about two hours north.
- Getting aroundWalking / Advance Transit
Dartmouth's buildings ring the Green in the middle of Hanover, so everything is a short walk. Free Advance Transit buses link Hanover with nearby towns.
- Colors and teams
Students call the Hopkins Center for the Arts 'the Hop'.
4 buildings to stamp
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Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Baker-Berry Library
25 N Main St, Hanover, NH 03755
Jens Fredrick Larson modelled Baker Library and its 200-foot tower on Independence Hall; it opened in 1928. Downstairs, Orozco's fiery fresco cycle wraps the reserve corridor, and Robert Venturi's Berry Library was added alongside in 2000.
- Built
- 1928
- Architect
- Jens Fredrick Larson; Robert Venturi (Berry addition)
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- Height
- 61 m (200 ft)
- Today
- College library
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Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hopkins Center for the Arts
4 E Wheelock St, Hanover, NH 03755
Wallace Harrison's arched, glass-fronted arts center opened in 1962 and foreshadows his later design of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. It is the college's cultural hub.
- Built
- 1962
- Architect
- Wallace Harrison
- Style
- Modernist
- Today
- Performing arts center
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Photo: Apalizzolo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hood Museum of Art
Hanover, NH 03755
Charles Moore and Chad Floyd's postmodern museum opened in 1985 for one of the oldest college art collections in America, begun in 1772. Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects added a new atrium and galleries in 2019.
- Built
- 1985
- Architect
- Charles Moore and Chad Floyd
- Style
- Postmodern
- Today
- Art museum
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Photo: Dartmouth10 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rauner Special Collections Library
Hanover, NH 03755
Built in 1907 as Webster Hall, the college's main auditorium, this red-brick hall has a portico of four Corinthian limestone columns. Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates turned it into the special collections library in 1998.
- Built
- 1907
- Architect
- Charles A. Rich; Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (conversion)
- Style
- Classical Revival
- Today
- Special collections library
4 traditions to check off
Stamped! keeps these as a checklist, so you can tick each one off on the visit.
Dartmouth Night Bonfire
Each Homecoming weekend a large bonfire is built on the Green and first-year students run laps around it, one for each year of their class number. Visitors can watch the parade and the lit bonfire from around the Green.
Winter Carnival Snow Sculpture
Every February for Winter Carnival, students build a large themed snow sculpture on the Green. Visitors can stop by to see and photograph it.
Warner Bentley's Nose
Students rub the nose of the statue of Warner Bentley in the Hopkins Center for the Arts for good luck, which has left it discoloured. Visitors to the Hop can find the statue and give it a rub.
The Bema and the Old Pine
On Class Day seniors gather at the Bema, a natural amphitheatre in College Park, then walk up the hill to the stump of the Old Pine for a farewell ceremony that dates to the 1830s. Visitors can walk through College Park to see both spots.
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