Exhibit Tags: 4 selected - The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

Creator:: Lefavour, R.W.
Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College in 1938. In the lower right corner, you can see the new Cousens Gym north of College Avenue the rest of the undeveloped Stearns Estate. The building to the west of Cousens Gym was originally College Station, but at this time it had been home to Tufts University Press for some time.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Tufts DCA maps College Avenue Stearns Estate Cousens Gymnasium Medford Somerville

Creator:: Blanchard Printing Co.
Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College in 1929, less than a decade after the Stearns mansion was torn down. In the lower right is College Avenue, labeled "To Willows + Medford," referring to the street's nickname. Arrows also indicate that the Site for New Gym and the Tufts College Press are located to the right of the railroad.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University maps College Avenue Stearns Estate Tufts DCA Medford Somerville

Creator:: Chase, Ernest Dudley
Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College ca. 1955. In the lower right corner is Cousens Gymnasium and Stearns Village on what was once the Stearns Estate.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University Tufts DCA Stearns Estate Cousens Gymnasium maps College Avenue Medford Somerville Boston

Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College showing buildings present in 1932 and possible sites of future buildings. In the lower right quadrant, note the presence of the Physical Education Building (Cousens Gymnasium) and possible future additions northwest of College Avenue, as well as a large plot of the Stearns Estate yet undeveloped. In 15 years, this property would be home to Stearns Village.
Attribution:: College Architects: Andrews, Jones, Biscoe & Whitmore
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: maps Tufts University Cousens Gymnasium Stearns Estate Tufts DCA Medford Somerville College Avenue

Exhibit Description:: A map of Tufts College about ten years after it opened, from a map drawn by Charles E. Fay, with a key to the buildings given below the map. Note College Hill Station (building W) at the corner of the Boston & Lowell Railroad and College Avenue leading to the Stearns Estate just off the edge of the map. This map appeared on page 148 of The Tuftonian, Vol. 2, No. 4 (May 1942).
Attribution:: Fay, Charles E.; The Tuftonian
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: maps Tufts University Tufts DCA College Avenue Medford Somerville Tuftonian

Exhibit Description:: Map of Tufts College in 1948 produced by R.W. Lefavour.
Attribution:: Lefavour, R.W.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: maps Tufts University Tufts DCA College Avenue Medford Somerville Boston

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