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Bancroft Hall, Main (west) Entrance.
Photographer: Richard E. Miller
Taken: May 10, 2008
Caption: Bancroft Hall, Main (west) Entrance.
Additional Description: Opened in 1909 on the site of old Fort Severn (headquarters of the U.S. Naval Academy since its creation in 1845 under the building's namesake, George Bancroft, (then-Secretary of the Navy). Bancroft Hall is presently the home for some 4,000 midshipmen. It is recognized as the largest single dormitory building in the world.
Submitted: May 16, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p23607
File Size: 0.667 Megabytes

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