Bard and St Stephen’s College

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Die geboue is redelik oud en ongelooflik mooi.    Dit het as behuising vir studente gedien en hulle moes beslis geëerd gevoel het om hier te kon tuisgaan en met gemak te studeer.

Some of this buildings and college was opened in 1891.    Stone Row was built to serve as student residences of the original St. Stephen’s College campus which would later become Bard College. Stonerow consists of four adjacent buildings: North Hoffman, South Hoffman, Potter, and McVickar.

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History of Bard and St Stephen’s College

St. Stephen’s College was established by John (1819–99) and Margaret Johnston Bard (1825–75) in association with leaders of the Episcopal Church in New York City.  In support of this venture, the Bards donated part of their riverside estate, Annandale, to the College, along with the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, which is still in use.

https://www.bard.edu/about/history/

https://www.bard.edu/reslife/residencehalls/stonerow/

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Only a few to mention

St Stephen’s:  The Early Years  – Part 1

Margaret Taylor Johnston Bard, ca. 1855. Margaret Taylor Johnston Bard was a woman of means from a family of devout Scottish immigrants. Her passion for education led her, with her husband, to use her fortune to found and support two ducational institutions: St. Stephen’s College in Annandale, and Trinity School in nearby Tivoli.   She was an integral part of early decisions regarding the College, as reflected in the fact that she was named a charter trustee of St. Stephen’s. After her death in 1875, the St. Stephen’s community memorialized her with “St. Margaret’s Well,” which still stands beside the chapel. Photograph by D. S. Peirce.

.John Bard, ca. 1890. The eleventh of fourteen children, John Bard was the product of an influential colonial and post-colonial family of physicians and educators. His father, William Bard, was a pioneer in life insurance in this country, something he deemed essential for the protection of widows and children. John was a deeply religious man, determined to use his position in life for the betterment of the less fortunate. With his marriage to wealthy and like-minded Margaret Taylor Johnston, they purchased the estate they renamed Annandale and committed themselves to educational projects in the immediate and surrounding communities. St. Stephen’s was to become the crowning achievement of the Bards’ philanthropies; it was chartered by the State of New York in 1860. Photograph by W. Hoffert.

https://www.bard.edu/bardinblackandwhite/page3.html

St Stephen’s:  The Early Years  – Part 2

Rev. William Olssen, ca. 1880. Rev. Olssen variously taught Greek, Hebrew, mathematics, natural philosophy, English, and history at St. Stephen’s from 1871– 1902. Photograph by F. Forshew.

Blithewood gatehouse, ca. 1950s. Known today as the Jim and Mary Ottaway Gatehouse, this hexagonal cottage was the gatehouse to the original Blithewood estate owned by Robert Donaldson. Before selling Blithewood to John and Margaret Bard in 1854, he made many improvements with input from Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. This Gothic Revival style gatehouse was built in 1841 from a design by A.J. Davis, making this the oldest and most historically significant building on the campus.

Hoffman Library, ca. 1895. Built at a cost of $73,000, the Hoffman Library took two years to build, and was of “fire-proof” construction. When the cornerstone was laid, it was stocked with items that reflected the purpose of College, and the hopes of its supporters. Among the many contents of the cornerstone can be found essays by the Reverends Hopson (“Fasting Communion”), Fairbairn (“Lectures on Morality), and Hoffman (“Notes on Angels”).

https://www.bard.edu/bardinblackandwhite/page4.html

Ward Manor, ca. 1967. The main house was built in 1918, while the Annex was added in 1929. William Ward donated the property (which extended to Tivoli) to a New York charitable organization that utilized the mansion as housing for seniors, while other buildings on the estate were used to accommodate summer camps for girls and boys, and vacation bungalows for city families of limited means. The senior home and camps closed in the late 1950s. A few years later, in 1963, Bard purchased a portion of the land, along with the Gatehouse, Manor, and Robbins House, effectively adding dormitory space for 150 students and several faculty families. Photograph by Peter Aaron ’68.

Hopson Cottage, ca. 1975. Originally commissioned by the Bard Family as a residence for St. Stephen’s first warden, George Seymour, early students of the College took their meals here with the rector and his family. With the resignation of Rev. Seymour in 1861, Rev. George Hopson occupied the house until his death in 1913. In recent decades, several long time faculty families have made their homes here. Today, the building houses the Office of Admissions. Photograph by Guy Frank ’68.

https://www.bard.edu/bardinblackandwhite/page9.html

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Campus

Bard’s historic main campus is located along the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. This rural setting is home to Bard’s undergraduate program and many Bard institutes. But the College’s initiatives reach far beyond Annandale. Campuses in New York City, Boston, and Berlin bring Bard’s mission to the world. From urban settings to rural, from programs at small institutes to large universities, Bard is a global institution for the 21st century.  

https://www.bard.edu/about/

https://www.bard.edu/about/history/

https://www.bard.edu/reslife/community/

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/bard-college-2671

https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/bardbw_ststephensearly/21/

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