page_title: Teachers College, Columbia University
section_title: Housing
hierarchical_section_title: Teachers College, Columbia University / Housing
caption_attribution_description: English: Whittier Hall, Morningside Heights, NYC The building in this photo, Whittier Hall, at 1230 Amsterdam Avenue in New York City, is a residence hall for Teachers College, Columbia University. It was built for Teachers College in 1901 by the Morningside Realty Company and included a mix of apartments and dormitory rooms. Consisting of four wings, they were called Lowell, Longfellow, Whittier, and Emerson Halls, though now the entire complex is known as Whittier. The building's architects were Bruce Price and his associate J.M.A. Darragh in the Collegiate Gothic style. For more information, see: Morningside Heights: A History of its Architecture and Development, by Andrew S. Dolkart, 1998, Columbia University Press.
context_page_description: Teachers College, Columbia University is a graduate school of education, health and psychology in New York City. Founded in 1887, it has served as the Faculty and Department of Education of Columbia University since its affiliation in 1898. Teachers College is the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States.
  Teachers College alumni and faculty have held prominent positions in academia, government, music, non-profit, healthcare, and social science research just to name a few. Overall, Teachers College has over 90,000 alumni in more than 30 countries. Notable alumni and former faculty include John Dewey, Art Garfunkel, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Carl Rogers, Margaret Mead, Bill Campbell, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Thorndike, Rollo May, Donna Shalala, William Schuman, Lee Huan, Shirley Chisholm, Hamden L. Forkner, and E. Gordon Gee.
context_section_description: The college has three residence halls for single students. They are 517 West 121st, Grant Hall, and Whittier Hall. The college has three residence halls for family housing. They are Bancroft Hall, Grant Hall, and Sarasota Hall. One bedroom apartments are available for childless students and students who have one child. Two and three-bedroom apartments are available for students who have more than one child.
  Lowell Hall and Seth Low Hall have faculty housing units.
caption: Whittier Hall
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