Jennie McGraw
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Jennie McGraw, also Jennie McGraw Fiske, was a millionaire philanthropist to Cornell University along with her parents John McGraw and Rhoda Charlotte Southworth. In 1868, she gave the university a se
Dryden Historic District
Southworth Library, Dryden, New York established by Jennie McGraw in memory of her mother, Rhoda Southworth McGraw, and her grandfather, John Southworth
Jennie McGraw Fiske's sarcophagus, Sage Chapel, Cornell University
McGraw Hall and McGraw Tower
McGraw Tower
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McGraw Tower is a masonry clock tower located on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The tower was known as Library Tower when it was first built but was renamed in 1961 in honor of
Jennie McGraw
…at every Cornell Chimes morning concert is the "Cornell Changes", also known as the "Jennie McGraw Rag". They continue to be played every day from McGraw Tower on the campus. She was also the founder of the Southworth Library in Dryden, New York. Upon her death, she left a significant bequest to Cornell…
McGraw Tower at Cornell University
The pumpkin atop the tower on November 21, 1997; the prank would later be pulled again on October 20, 2023.
Akwe kon program house, Cornell University