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Photographer

Rev. Michael J. Ahern, S.J.

Date

1942

Description

This is a landscape view taken from the tower of McAuliffe Hall. Here you can see the Black Rock section of Fairfield/Bridgeport, the Post Road, and the Long Island Sound. This photo was taken prior to the construction of both Xavier and Berchman Halls.

Notes

McAuliffe Hall, formerly called the Mailands, was the forty-room French Renaissance style home of Oliver Gould Jennings, a businessman, philanthropist and politician. As World War II began in early December 1941, the Jesuits purchased the 76-acre Jennings estate for $42,089 to found Fairfield College Preparatory School. Renamed McAuliffe Hall in honor of His Excellency Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe of Hartford, the building was adapted to become the first classroom building for the college. The building included classrooms, laboratories, a cafeteria, a library and a chapel. Image date is approximate.

Publisher

Fairfield University

Collection

Image Archive

Original Format

Photographic print; black-and-white; 8 x 10 in.

Digitization Date

2007

Repository

Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections

Copyright

© Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections. This resource may be used for educational or non-commercial purposes. Please direct any questions to digital@fairfield.edu.

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