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Paula Burch-Celentano pburch@tulane.edu
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Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Newcomb Hall, at 1229 Broadway Street on the uptown campus, is the architectural centerpiece of the School of Liberal Arts. Named in honor of the family of Mrs. Josephine Louise Newcomb, the building was designed by New York architect James Gamble Rogers as the new home of Newcomb College. 

The second in an ongoing series of building portraits, Newcomb Hall is home base for the School of Liberal Arts.
Constructed from brick and stone in the Italian Renaissance style, the building cost $323,549 in 1918.
The second in an ongoing series of building portraits, Newcomb Hall is home base for the School of Liberal Arts.
The rear entrance faces Newcomb Quad and features both Doric (bottom) and Ionic (top) column styles.
The second in an ongoing series of building portraits, Newcomb Hall is home base for the School of Liberal Arts.
Decorative wrought iron graces the exterior of the buildings first-floor windows.
The second in an ongoing series of building portraits, Newcomb Hall is home base for the School of Liberal Arts.
A tall, arched window extends to three floors on the front entrance facing Broadway.
The second in an ongoing series of building portraits, Newcomb Hall is home base for the School of Liberal Arts.
Today, Newcomb Hall houses classrooms, laboratories and offices for the departments of philosophy, communication, sociology and all foreign languages. A state-of-the-art language laboratory is housed on the fourth floor.

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