St. Anthony Hall

St. Anthony Hall, completed in 1913 and designed by Charles C. Haight, is the current home of the Yale society known as St. Anthony Hall (1). The building is St. Anthony Hall’s third building and second on the current site (2). The building sits on the northeast corner of College and Wall Streets, with large tower on the corner that is flanked on each side by lower-rise sections of the building. Frederick W. Vanderbilt donated funds for the building and it was constructed in the Late Gothic Revival out of cut limestone in order to match the two Sheffield School dormitories that neighbor it on both College and Wall Streets, which were also donated by Vanderbilt. It was, at the time of its building, the “most expensive and elaborate secret society building in the United States” according to the New York Times (3).

The original building consisted of both of what are now 483 College Street and 493 College Street, but 493, which held most of the fraternity living quarters, was sold to the University in 1945 in order to defray maintenance costs after the University banned students from living in fraternities and societies (4). Today, St. Anthony Hall is home to the day-to-day operations of the society as well as many special events, including a fall lecture series and the annual Pump and Slipper Ball.