History
With its art glass windows and antique mahogany paneling and furnishings, the Heritage Room is preserved from the home of lumber merchant Daniel Dulany, a mansion that stood on the corner of State Street and Garfield Avenue. Constructed in 1910, the Dulany mansion was purchased by the Davies administration in 1946, becoming the college's first residence hall — Memorial Hall. In accordance with the wishes of the Wachendorfers, heirs of the Dulany estate, the parlors and mahogany paneled dining room of the mansion were preserved along with some of the original furnishings, and the college thus acquired a handsome social setting for teas and receptions. In 1964 the dining room from Memorial Hall was dismantled and reconstructed in the original Davies Center. In 2012 it was carefully moved to the new Davies Center.
