Bard College

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Preservation Master Plan for Bard College (PDF) 24.8MB

Bard was founded in 1860 at the site of two nineteenth-century country estates that reflected the distinctive geography and culture of the Hudson Valley. The original estates weresupplemented by a number of important early buildings dating from 1859 to 1900, as well as fifty-one pre-1957 buildings, and two National Register Historic Districts have been designated on the campus. With recent enrollment growth and new building programs, there was a pressing need to understand and plan for the protection of these historic resources regarded as central to the college's identity. Grant funds are supporting a Preservation Master Plan to include a physical history of the campus, assessment of existing conditions for buildings and landscapes, and the development of treatment guidelines and preservation recommendations.

Bard College received a Getty grant in 2007 for $160,000 to support campus heritage planning.

Historic Designation(s): Hudson River Historic District (also known as 16-Mile Historic District contains more than two dozen contributing buildings, sites, and structures, National Historic Landmark).