Brooks and Hewitt Halls are historic dormitory buildings located on the campus of

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

in Morningside Heights, New York, New York. Brooks Hall was designed by

Charles A. Rich Charles Alonzo Rich (October 22, 1854 – December 3, 1943) was an American architect who practiced in New York City from 1882 until 1933. Rich was a member of the Architectural League of New York. Rich was a partner in the New York architec ...

(1854–1943) and built in 1906–1907. It is a seven and one half story, red Harvard brick building on a

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...

foundation with

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

and

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trim. It features a sloping Spanish tile roof with hip-roof dormer windows. Hewitt Hall, named for

Abram S. Hewitt Abram Stevens Hewitt (July 31, 1822January 18, 1903) was an American politician, educator, ironmaking industrialist, and lawyer who was mayor of New York City for two years from 1887–1888. He also twice served as a U.S. Congressman from an ...

, was designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1926–1927. It is a seven-story, red Harvard brick building with a sloping copper clad roof. ''See also:'' They were listed on the

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in 2003.

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Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Renaissance Revival architecture in New York City Residential buildings completed in 1906 Columbia University campus Morningside Heights, Manhattan McKim, Mead & White buildings 1906 establishments in New York City Barnard College {{Manhattan-struct-stub