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Fordham University - Collins Audtorium
Fordham Law School
Thirteen students entered Collins Auditorium in September 1905 to attend the newly established Fordham Law School. The College of Saint Francis Xavier on West 16th Street in Manhattan was slated to be Fordham Law School's first home, but when Xavier's enrollment unexpectedly increased, the Law School was denied facilities. Fordham University's President, Father Collins, decided to open the Law School on the Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx.
Date: 1-1-1905
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The Woolworth Building - Library
Fordham Law School
The Law Library on the 28th floor boasted views "looking north and west ... unbroken... for many miles and with quiet assured by the height above the street and the solid walls..."
Date: 1-1-1915
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Woolworth Building, NYC
Fordham Law School
In 1915, The Law School occupied the 27th and 28th floors of the Woolworth Building. Fordham Law accommodated a library, three large classrooms, the Dean's office, the Registrar's offices, and a smoking room.
Date: 1-1-1915
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The Woolworth Building- Moot Court
A F. Sozio
A Moot Court room with Warren P. McKenney, Bill Geibler, Elsie K., Prof. Keefe, Thomas Morrisey, Jean H. White, Peter McHugh, and Cy Hapgard
Date: 1-1-1940
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The Vincent Building - 302 Broadway
Fordham Law School
The Law School moved to the Vincent Astor Building in 1943. The 11th and 12th floors were used for classrooms, the thirteenth floor for administrative offices and the law library was located on the 14th floor. A Chapel was built on the first floor of the building in memory of a Fordham College graduate, Private James V. Meade, who died in combat in Germany in 1945.
Date: 1-1-1943
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12th Regiment Armory
Fordham Law School
James E. Ware was the architect who designed the Armory that was constructed between 1886 and 1887. It was razed in 1958 when plans for Lincoln Center were developed.
Date: 1-1-1950
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Fordham School of Law - Architectural Model
Art Green, Inc.
Fordham Law Alumni Association Vice President, Thomas I. Sheridan, President McGinley, and Dean Mulligan view the architectural model of the new Law School at Lincoln Center. Architect: Vorhees Walker Smith Smith and Haines Builder: George A. Fuller Company
Date: 1-1-1959
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President McGinley at the future site of Fordham Law School
Art Green, Inc.
President McGinley walking west on the site of Fordham Law's Lincoln Center campus
Date: 1-1-1959
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