A New Exhibit for Fall

We have a new exhibit up in the Library’s display area in Rockefeller Hall (we had previously mentioned it here in the blog as a possible show for last spring, but better late than never, no?).  The show’s title is “Gone but not Forgotten: Exploring Exeter’s Missing Past.” Made up mostly of scanned archival images, the show focuses on Academy halls, homes, and interior spaces that either no longer exist, or have been radically transformed over the years. Below are four images from the exhibit; we may post more in the weeks to come:

The old gymnasium which was used from 1886 until 1918.

A classroom in the third Academy Building, which was lost to fire in 1914.

Abbot Hall (built 1855), the Academy’s first permanent dormitory, still exists, but it originally had a dining hall on a bottom floor.

An interior view of the now lost chemical lab building, circa 1890.