Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute report to the Getty (PDF) 1.6MB

Established in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the oldest engineering school in the United States. The campus buildings failed to match the preeminence of the institution during the 1800s. When the institute relocated after two fires destroyed the existing campus in 1904, a frenzy of fundraising and building followed. Grant aid will support an historic structures report for the collection of stately buildings, largely developed between 1906 and 1935, which form the core of the campus.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a Getty grant in 2003 for $150,000 to support campus heritage planning.