Sage Hall
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Sage Hall was built in 1875 at Cornell University's Ithaca, New York campus. Originally designed as a residential building, it currently houses the Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Sage Hall in 2013
An early conceptual sketch
A student drawing room
Sage Hall with truncated spire, in 1987. The spire was restored in the late 1990s.
Henry W. Sage
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Henry Williams Sage was a wealthy New York State businessman, philanthropist, and early benefactor and trustee of Cornell University.
Sage Hall
…absence of a women's dormitory was problematic in attracting and retaining female students. Sage Hall was built in 1875, financed by Ithaca businessman Henry W. Sage, to fill this need. "When you are ready to carry out the idea of educating young women as thoroughly as young men," Sage told his friend Ezra Cornell…
Sage, c. 1880
Dedication cornerstone on Sage Chapel at Cornell University
Sage College for Women, now Sage Hall
Sage Chapel.