Patton went to New York City to seek out Lucien Warner, chair of the board of trustees' architectural committee, but found Warner out of town. He dispatched letters to Warner, President Henry Churchill King, and planning liaison Azariah Root, the College librarian, reminding correspondents that his father had known President Finney, his grandfather had known Father Keep, and his late wife had been Keep's granddaughter. He critiqued Gilbert's Finney Chapel and proposed a meeting to discuss alternative plans for the campus. Keep Cottage was to be Patton's last Oberlin building. Traditions Live On Vestiges of Patton's era linger at Keep.
China demitasse saucers and small silver spoons remain behind glass doors in the library bookcase.
The decision to include Keep in the co-op system was more exhaustively discussed than even the building's original design. Indeed, at Keep, the system seems entrenched. Timothy Haineswood '03 is a second-generation Keeper. His mother, Gail Haines '70, lived at the then all-female cooperative, as did her cousin Julie Forsythe '70. Things have changed a bit at Keep, says Haines.