What is the significance of the dates listed on the bottom of the Steeple?
The steeple once served as the corner of the college church, whose body filled the grassy courtyard in front of the museum. The areas of the steeple containing inscribed stones (the first stories of the south and west walls) are the most altered from the structure’s original appearance: as first constructed, those walls held arched doorways leading from the entrance into the body of the church. When the surrounding structures were removed, those walls were bolstered using elements from the demolished church, such as the stained glass windows (which originally flanked the altar). Presumably, the inscribed stones once served as memorial markers inside the church. Their insertion into the reconstructed steeple’s base preserved them, but removed their original context.
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