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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
March 1, 2000

How Universities Adapt Grand Old Homes to Gain Both Space and Grace

By: David Paul Helpern,Stephen Engblom,Margaret Castillo

Universities are absorbing historic houses to fulfill their mission and round out the facilities inventory.

From Volume 28 Number 3 | Spring 2000

Abstract: Increasingly, historic or merely old houses near campuses are being absorbed by universities to fulfill their educational mission and round out the facilities inventory. But are they worth converting? Experts in assessing and adapting these residential structures discuss the pro's and con's.

Institutions Mentioned: New York University, Yale University, Wesleyan University

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