Storrs in Mansfield in Tolland County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
University Life
University of Connecticut
— Commemorating UConn’s 125th Anniversary 2006 —
Photographed By Brandon D Cross, September 28, 2021
1. University Life Marker
From the late 1890s to the 1930s, nearly two dozen houses were built as homes for administrators and faculty of the University. Faculty Row included houses on Whitney and Gilbert Roads, and stretched along the southern end of Mirror Lake. Beginning in the 1930s, these structures became fraternity houses, and one that served as the president’s home became the first Alumni House in the 1940s.
Many of the houses were removed to make way for new academic structures and residence halls built in the early 1950s. The original South Campus residential community itself was replaced in the late 1990s by the residences and suites of a new South Campus as part of the ambitious, twenty-year building program called UConn 2000.
Erected 2006 by University of Connecticut.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1881.
Location. 41° 48.308′ N, 72° 14.969′ W. Marker is in Mansfield, Connecticut, in Tolland County. It is in Storrs. Marker is on Gilbert Road, 0.1 miles east of Whitney Road Extended, on the right when traveling south. The marker stands near the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Storrs Mansfield CT 06269, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within
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More about this marker. Marker is one of several placed around the campus celebrating UConn’s 125th Anniversary in 2006
via Connecticut History, unknown
2. UConn and the Evolution of a Public University
Connecticut History website entry
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Photographed By Brandon D Cross, September 28, 2021
3. University Life Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 128 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 27, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 2. submitted on August 21, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on October 27, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
