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{{Infobox house|image=Jewett House, Vassar College, August 2014.jpg|caption=Jewett in August 2014|capacity=~235<ref>https://offices.vassar.edu/residential-life/residence-halls/jewett/</ref>|opento=All students|mascot=Owl|socials=[https://www.instagram.com/jewett.house/ Instagram]|color= | {{Infobox house|image=Jewett House, Vassar College, August 2014.jpg|caption=Jewett in August 2014|capacity=~235<ref>https://offices.vassar.edu/residential-life/residence-halls/jewett/</ref>|opento=All students|mascot=Owl|socials=[https://www.instagram.com/jewett.house/ Instagram]|color=Gold|year built=1907}} | ||
'''Milo Jewett House''' (usually referred to as '''Jewett House''') is one of the nine main residential houses on campus. With nine stories, it's the tallest dorm. | '''Milo Jewett House''' (usually referred to as '''Jewett House''') is one of the nine main residential houses on campus. With nine stories, it's the tallest dorm. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The building was constructed in 1907 under the name North Hall.<ref name=":0">https://offices.vassar.edu/residential-life/residence-halls/jewett/</ref> In 1915, Henry Noble MacCracken gave the house its current name, after the first president of the college.<ref name=":0" /> | The building was constructed in 1907 under the name '''North Hall'''.<ref name=":0">https://offices.vassar.edu/residential-life/residence-halls/jewett/</ref> In its early years it was also called '''Pilcher's Crime''', after Lewis Pilcher, the Vassar art professor who designed it.<ref>Main to Mudd, and More: An Informal History of Vassar College Buildings by Elizabeth Daniels 1987</ref> In 1915, Henry Noble MacCracken gave the house its current name, after the first president of the college.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
According to legend, Jewett resident Edna St. Vincent Millay threatened to throw herself from the roof.<ref name=":0" /> Evidently, she didn't follow through with that.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay</ref> | According to legend, Jewett resident Edna St. Vincent Millay threatened to throw herself from the roof.<ref name=":0" /> Evidently, she didn't follow through with that.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay</ref> | ||