Did you know that a church, a museum, and a shopping center were once the most central places on Dartmouth’s campus? For #ThenAndNow Thursday, we are exploring The College’s architecture from over a century ago. During this period, many Dartmouth buildings were dismantled, renovated, or erected, with the area just north of the Green being no exception. In the first image (read from left to right), we have the Church of Christ at Dartmouth, Church minister Doctor Samuel Leeds’ home, Butterfield Museum, the administration building, and the Co-op store. This cyanotype (circa 1900) shows a version of campus that is quite unfamiliar, as none of the buildings featured in the image exist today. Once a focal point adjacent to Dartmouth Row, this segment had been completely altered by the early 1930s. The Co-op was the first of the five buildings to be demolished, as it was cleared for the construction of Webster Hall in 1901. The three middle buildings had all but disappeared by 1928, as construction on Baker Library neared completion. And in 1931, the College Church burned down, leaving the tract of land behind. As shown in the second photo, this area of campus is presently occupied by the Sanborn, Baker, and Rauner libraries. While drastically different from the buildings that previously stood in their place, the location remains fundamental to campus today. #throwbackthursday #dartmouth #dartmouthcollege #baker #webster #rauner #sanborn #library #libraries #specialcollections #cyanotype #architecture Second image taken by our Special Collections Fellow, Sydnie Ziegler '22.