Conclusion
A Lasting Legacy
Since completion of the campus construction in 1910, the Seminary has seen many other additions throughout the years. An addition of a building north of the chapel on Claremont Avenue was designed for a social hall and refectory, fully enclosing the quadrangle and finished in 1928. This addition completed the original design for the buildings on Morningside Heights.
The corner of 120th and Broadway was further altered with the addition of the Brown Tower, completed in 1929 and named in honor of John Crosby Brown. The entrance with the grand staircase would become known as the Rotunda. The Library would also change, most significantly with the entrance to the library changing to the first floor and an addition of a glassed-in staircase to connect the levels. The third floor reading room in the Library was also redecorated.
Today, the Seminary continues to thrive.
Perhaps Roswell Hitchcock's 1884 quote about the location at Park Avenue can now be considered true:
"The present location is apparently for many decades if not for all time."
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UTS1: Charles Cuthbert Hall Papers, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.