John Davenport (minister)
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John Davenport was an English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven.
Portrait of John Davenport, 1670. Yale University Art Gallery
Cenotaph for Davenport and John Cotton.
John Davenport puritan
Davenport College
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Davenport College is one of the fourteen residential colleges of Yale University. Its buildings were completed in 1933 mainly in the Georgian style but with a gothic façade along York Street. The coll
John Davenport (minister)
…Ground, Boston. Yale University was envisioned by Davenport, although his proposal for it would not be realized until some 30 years after his death. Davenport College is named in his honor and an oil portrait of him (above) is in the Yale collection. He was also instrumental in the founding of Hopkins School, a grammar…
York Street's gothic façade
Upper Courtyard viewed from the Crosspiece. Harkness Tower can be seen in the background
Davenport College, Upper Courtyard viewed from York St. Gate.
Welch Hall circa 1895. Until 2024, Davenport freshmen lived in Welch. From Yale Yarns: Sketches of Life at Yale University by John Seymour Wood. (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1895.)