Editing Phillips Academy (section)

==Facilities==
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Academy Hill Historic District
| nrhp_type = hd
| image = Phillips Academy, Andover, MA - Memorial Bell Tower.JPG
| caption = Phillips Academy<br>Memorial Bell Tower
| location = [[Andover, Massachusetts]]
| area = 
| built = 1780
| architect = Multiple
| architecture = Mid 19th Century Revival, Other, Federal
| added = October 7, 1982
| mpsub = Town of Andover MRA
| refnum = 82000475
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}}[[File:Campus view, half mast - Phillips Academy Andover - Andover, Massachusetts - DSC05372.jpg|thumb|Andover's old campus core.|left]]The old core of Phillips Academy's campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the [[Academy Hill Historic District (Andover, Massachusetts)|Academy Hill Historic District]].<ref name=":7">{{cite web |date=January 6, 2010 |title=Andover Historic Preservation: National Register Properties |url=http://www.mhl.org/historicpreservation/districts.htm#Academy_Hill |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809053059/http://www.mhl.org/historicpreservation/districts.htm#Academy_Hill |archive-date=August 9, 2008 |access-date=August 14, 2014 |publisher=Mhl.org |df=mdy-all}}</ref> It includes the historic campuses of Phillips Academy, Abbot Academy, and Andover Theological Seminary, the latter of which sold its buildings to Phillips Academy when it left Andover in 1907.<ref>Allis, p. 358.</ref><ref name=":7" />

In the 1920s and 1930s, Andover added new buildings around this campus core, including the administrative building, library, dining hall, art gallery, chapel, math building, and dormitories.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Ralston |first=Gail |date=2011-11-03 |title=Andover Stories: Thomas Cochran and Phillips Academy's 'Golden Decade' |url=https://www.andovertownsman.com/news/local_news/andover-stories-thomas-cochran-and-phillips-academys-golden-decade/article_fdf804c9-c8b9-5c84-8a96-4b9b2bef8f27.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=The Andover Townsman |language=en}}</ref> Many of the buildings were named after notable Americans, some (but not all) of whom attended Andover.<ref name="campusevolves">{{cite web |last=Zorthian |first=Julia |date=2009-05-21 |title=Andover Campus Evolves Over the Centuries, 1778 to Present |url=http://phillipian.net/node/106208 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715143537/http://www.phillipian.net/node/106208 |archive-date=2014-07-15 |access-date=2014-08-14 |website=The Phillipian |publisher=}}</ref>

Portions of Andover's campus were laid out by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]],{{Efn|Olmsted was an alumnus of the Andover English Academy & Teachers Seminary,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chase |first=David |date=Winter 2010 |title=A Grand Experiment |url=https://issuu.com/phillipsacademy/docs/andovermagazinewinter2010/35 |journal=Andover: The Magazine |pages=33 |via=Issuu}}</ref> a school established by PA donors on the PA campus to provide an alternative to PA's classics-focused college-preparatory curriculum. The school received little financial support from PA after its founding, but was ultimately merged into PA in some shape or form.<ref>Allis, pp. 170-76.</ref>}} designer of [[Central Park]].<ref>{{cite web |date=March 7, 2005 |title=Phillips Academy, Memorial Bell Tower Dismantled |url=http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/MemorialBellTowerDismantled.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814180456/http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/MemorialBellTowerDismantled.aspx |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2014 |publisher=Andover.edu}}</ref> Beginning in 1891, Olmsted and his architectural firm advised Andover on campus design; this relationship would continue for the next five decades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Designing for Young Citizens: The Olmsteds and Campus Planning |url=https://www.nps.gov/frla/learn/historyculture/college-campuses.htm |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=National Park Service |language=en}}</ref>

===Notable academic facilities===
<!-- Please find secondary sources for this information to establish due weight. -->* '''George Washington Hall''' hosts the school's administrative offices and the Drama and Art Departments. It also hosts the school post office, locker rooms, and Day Student Lounge. It was built in 1926.<ref name="campusevolves" />
* '''Bulfinch Hall''' hosts the English Department. It was built in 1819 and renovated in 2012. It was named after architect [[Charles Bulfinch]], who taught the hall's architect Asher Benjamin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chase |first1=David |title=Bulfinch Hall Reborn |date=2013 |publisher=Phillips Academy |location=Andover, Massachusetts |page=22 |url=https://issuu.com/phillipsacademy/docs/bulfinch_book_final_7a0be7a0671a66 |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>
* '''Pearson Hall''' hosts the Classics Department. It was built in 1817.<ref>Paul Venable Turner, ''Academy Hill. The Andover Campus, 1778 to the Present''. Addison Gallery of American Art 2000, p. 43. </ref> It was formerly the chapel of Andover Theological Seminary.<ref>Allis, p. 358.</ref>
* '''Morse Hall''' hosts the Math Department, the student [[WPAA (Massachusetts)|radio station]], some student publications, and the Community and Multicultural Development department. It was built in the 1920s/1930s. It was named after [[Samuel Morse]] '05, who invented the telegraph and [[Morse code]].<ref name="campusevolves" /> 
* '''Gelb Science Center''' hosts the Science Department and an observatory. It was built in 2004.<ref name="GelbScienceCenter">{{cite web |url=http://www.rdkengineers.com/index.cfm/portfolio/Academic/Phillips_Academy_Andover,_New_Gelb_Science_Center |title=Phillips Academy Andover, New Gelb Science Center |work=Rdkengineers.com |access-date=March 22, 2010 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143102/http://www.rdkengineers.com/index.cfm/portfolio/Academic/Phillips_Academy_Andover,_New_Gelb_Science_Center |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was named after donor [[Richard L. Gelb]] '41, the heir to the [[Clairol]] hair care company.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-04 |title=News - Richard L. Gelb obituary |url=http://www.andover.edu/news/gelb.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704142654/http://www.andover.edu/news/gelb.htm |archive-date=2008-07-04 |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Phillips Academy}}</ref>
* '''Oliver Wendell Holmes Library''' (OWHL) houses over 80,000 books and contains classroom space.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://owhl.andover.edu/about |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=The Oliver Wendell Holmes Library |language=en-US}}</ref> It was built in 1929 and renovated in 1987 and 2019.<ref name="preservation.mhl.org">{{Cite web|title=7 Great Quad Road {{!}} Andover Historic Preservation|url=https://preservation.mhl.org/7-great-quad-road|access-date=2021-11-17|website=preservation.mhl.org}}</ref> It is named after [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]] '25, the poet and physician. Built in the Georgian Revival architectural style,<ref name="preservation.mhl.org" /> it has been modernized over the years and now contains a silent study room and a [[Library makerspace|makerspace]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-27|title='Silent Study' to Move into Paresky Commons|url=https://phillipian.net/2018/04/27/silent-study-move-paresky-commons/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=The Phillipian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.andover.edu/news/2018/reimagining-the-library|title=Reimagining the library|last=Andover|date=2020-03-31|website=Andover|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref>

===Student facilities===
[[File:Great Elm with Visitors at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA - May 2020.jpg|thumb|Visitors by the American elm in front of the library.]]<!-- A list of dorms can be added using https://www.andover.edu/map though it does not include a description of each dorm. -->
* '''Cochran Chapel''' hosts religious services and the philosophy, religious studies, and community service departments. It is the only building on campus named for the Cochran family, who built much of the modern-day Andover campus.<ref name=":11" />
* '''Paresky Commons''' is the dining hall. Designed by [[Charles A. Platt|Charles Platt]] in the [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] style,<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2011 |title=Paresky Commons |url=https://www.boucherlandscape.com/paresky |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128073713/https://www.boucherlandscape.com/paresky |archive-date=28 January 2021 |access-date=9 February 2022 |website=michael boucher landscape architecture}}</ref> it opened in 1930 and was extensively renovated in 2007, after which it was renamed in honor of donor [[David Paresky]] '56.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Dean |first1=Julia |last2=Murphy |first2=Liam |date=6 March 2009 |title=Commons Renovations Total $30 Million; Building Renamed For David Paresky '56 After $10 Million Donation |url=https://phillipian.net/2009/03/06/commons-renovations-total-30-million-building-renamed-for-david-paresky-56-after-10-million-donation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310082856/https://phillipian.net/2009/03/06/commons-renovations-total-30-million-building-renamed-for-david-paresky-56-after-10-million-donation/ |archive-date=10 March 2021 |access-date=9 February 2022 |website=The Phillipian}}</ref> Commons earned [[LEED]] Silver certification in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2011 |title=Dining Hall Renovation Lands LEED Silver |url=https://schoolconstructionnews.com/2011/01/18/dining-hall-renovation-lands-leed-silver-certification/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |website=School Construction News}}</ref> Since its opening, the individual grade levels have generally occupied their own sections of the dining hall.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Paige |date=10 December 2019 |title=Paresky Commons, 1928-1930, at Phillips Academy |url=https://theclio.com/entry/91779 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511204418/https://www.theclio.com/entry/91779 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |access-date=2022-02-10 |website=Clio |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Yue |first1=William |last2=Ospina |first2=Laura |date=28 September 2019 |title=From The "Beanery" to Paresky Commons: History of Dining at Andover |url=https://phillipian.net/2019/09/28/from-the-beanery-to-paresky-commons-history-of-dining-at-andover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413093812/https://phillipian.net/2019/09/28/from-the-beanery-to-paresky-commons-history-of-dining-at-andover/ |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=9 February 2022 |website=The Phillipian}}</ref>
* '''Cochran Wildlife Sanctuary''' covers 65 acres and contains the '''Log Cabin''', a place for student groups to hold meetings and sleep-overs.
* '''Rebecca M. Sykes Wellness Center''' offers physical and mental health facilities.
* Andover has two athletic centers: the 98,000-square-foot '''Snyder Center'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.andover.edu/inside-athletics/facilities|title=Facilities}}</ref> and the 70,000-square-foot '''Pan Athletic Center'''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2022 |title=Anticipation Builds as Pan Athletic Center Nears Completion |url=https://phillipian.net/2022/09/30/pan-athletic-center-plans-to-open-by-beginning-of-winter-term/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=The Phillipian |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Andover Massachusetts Phillips Academy west quad south looking north.JPG|thumb|Western dormitory quadrangle ("West Quad").]]
The academy's dormitories vary in size from as few as four to as many as 40 students, and are organized into five "clusters" of roughly 220 students and 40 faculty affiliates each. Many social events are organized through the cluster system, including orientation, study breaks, and snacks.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Map|url=https://www.andover.edu/map}}</ref> None of the original dormitory buildings remain; the oldest dorm is Blanchard House, built in 1789.

Two dormitory names carry on the Andover Theological Seminary tradition: America House, where the song ''[[My Country 'Tis of Thee|America]]'' was penned by a seminarian, and Stowe House, the former residence of writer [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]].<ref name="AmericaStoweHouse">{{cite web |date=January 1, 1970 |title=Information about ''America'' and Stowe House |url=http://icma.org/pm/info/bulletinboard.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116173916/http://icma.org/pm/info/bulletinboard.cfm |archive-date=January 16, 2010 |access-date=March 22, 2010 |work=Icma.org}}</ref> Stowe's husband [[Calvin Ellis Stowe|Calvin]] taught at the seminary from 1852 to 1864, and Stowe used her first royalty check from ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' to renovate the building.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=80 Bartlet Street |url=https://preservation.mhl.org/80-bartlet-street |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Andover Historic Preservation}}</ref> The house was moved to its current location on Bartlet Street in 1929.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stowe House Comes to Rest · Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. · NOBLE Digital Heritage |url=https://omeka-s.noblenet.org/s/phillips/item/9250 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=omeka-s.noblenet.org}}</ref>

The academy also operates the Andover Inn, which has 30 guest rooms and various event spaces.<ref name="tbg">{{cite news |last=Pierce |first=Kathleen |date=2 January 2011 |title=A repolished gem waiting for discovery |url=http://articles.boston.com/2011-01-02/ae/29346003_1_brunch-spice-rack-coffee |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725154935/http://articles.boston.com/2011-01-02/ae/29346003_1_brunch-spice-rack-coffee |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |accessdate=8 April 2011 |newspaper=The Boston Globe}}</ref> Designed by Sidney Wagner, the three-story [[Georgian architecture|Georgian style]] building overlooks a pond.<ref name="MontgomeryReed20002">{{cite book |author1=Susan J. Montgomery |title=Phillips Academy, Andover: an architectural tour |author2=Roger G. Reed |author3=Walter Smalling |date=1 July 2000 |publisher=Princeton Architectural Press |isbn=978-1-56898-230-4 |location=New York |page=41}}</ref><ref name="Art2000">{{cite book |author=Addison Gallery of American Art |title=Academy Hill: the Andover campus, 1778 to the present |date=1 January 2000 |publisher=Princeton Architectural Press |isbn=978-1-56898-236-6 |location=New York |page=180}}</ref> It was built in 1930 and was most recently renovated in 2023.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Shalin |first=Dan |date=2022-10-14 |title=Andover Inn, At Phillips Academy, To Re-Open After 2-Year Hiatus |url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/andover/andover-inn-phillips-academy-re-open-after-2-year-hiatus |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Andover, MA Patch |language=en}}</ref> It replaced another inn that had been operating on the same site since 1888.<ref name=":02" />