| Steinbach Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 52 Hillhouse Avenue,New Haven, Connecticut,United States |
| Coordinates | 41°18′56″N72°55′24″W / 41.31546°N 72.92343°W /41.31546; -72.92343 |
| Construction started | 1848 |
| Completed | 1849 |
| Owner | Yale University |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Henry Austin |
Steinbach Hall, also known as theJohn Pitkin Norton House, is a historic building on the campus ofYale University inNew Haven, Connecticut, United States.
The house was built in 1848–49 as a private residence forJohn Pitkin Norton, a science professor at Yale University.[1]
It was purchased by Yale University in 1923.[2] It was home to theYale School of Management until 2015, when the Department of Astronomy moved into the building.[3]
The house was designed by architectHenry Austin as an Italian villa.[1] It includes "flat andsemicircular arch motifs in window openings, bracketed cornices, and recessed front entry behind arcade with semicircular arches."[2]
It was "remodelled" by architectEdward Larrabee Barnes in 1979.[2] It has been listed on theNational Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to theHillhouse Avenue Historic District since September 13, 1985.[2]
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