Lehman College

Title

Lehman College

Subject

Lehman campus

Collection Items

lc_1) Racetrack
Lehman College is situated on the original site of the Jerome Park Racetrack (1866 - 1890).

lc_2) Hunter in The Bronx Campus
The uptown Bronx campus of Hunter College was used as the US Naval Training School, (WR), from 1943 - 1946

lc_5) Earliest Buildings
Original Campus Buildings 1950s

Aerial view of the four original Gothic-style buildings: Gillet Hall (lower left), Davis Hall (lower right), Student Hall, now Music Building (upper left), Gymnasium, now Old Gym Building (upper right). The Center…

lc_4) The United Nations in the Bronx
The campus on March 25th, 1946, the first day of meetings of the UN Security Council. Flags of the original 51 members of the United Nations were raised on flagpoles along the inner rim of the circular driveway that separated the Gym Building from…
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