Far(ther) Above: The Campus Stairways Quiz

These 11 sets of interior and exterior steps are located somewhere on the Hill. Can you identify them?

Difficulty Level: Challenging

1)

Willard Straight Hall

Tjaden Hall

Olin Library

Hollister Hall

2)

Libe Slope (behind Johnson Museum)

Cascadilla Gorge Trail (behind Rhodes Hall)

Cornell Botanic Gardens (behind Rice Hall)

Baldwin Memorial Stairway (behind Llenroc)

3)

Tjaden Hall

Lincoln Hall

Willard Straight Hall

McGraw Tower

4)

Goldwin Smith Hall

Bailey Hall

Lynah Rink

Schoellkopf Stadium

5)

Tjaden Hall

Lincoln Hall

Barnes Hall

Uris Library

6)

R. Uris Garden (near A.D. White House)

Cascadilla Gorge Trail (near Rhodes Hall)

Stairs from / to Suspension Bridge (near Johnson Museum)

Dean’s Garden (near Warren Hall)

7)

Statler Hotel (from Terrace Restaurant)

Barnes Hall

Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

Uris Library (from Cocktail Lounge)

8)

Rhodes Hall

Human Ecology Building

Duffield Hall

Physical Sciences Building

9)

Bartels Hall

Teagle Hall

Duffield Hall

Day Hall

10)

Physical Sciences Building

Upson Hall

Morrison Hall

Gates Hall

11)

Willard Straight Hall

Klarman Hall

Myron Taylor Hall

Sage Hall

Time’s up

All photos by Sreang Hok / Cornell University.

Published February 27, 2024

Comments

1. 

   Gretchen Townsend Paul Schnabel, Class of 1986

   3 Mar, 2024

   How do you have a quiz on staircases at Cornell and not one of them is McGraw tower?!

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     Bayla Singef, Class of 1960

     3 Mar, 2024

     “gotcha!” — they expected you to expect McGraw tower 🙂

     When I first began wearing makeup, I expected my mother to comment on my eyebrows, so I didn’t put anything on them — and sure enough, Mom’s first comment was that I had put too much on my eyebrows 🙂

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2. 

   Patricia O'Brien, Class of 1977

   3 Mar, 2024

   Very cool photos!

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3. 

   alejandro, Class of 2021

   8 Mar, 2024

   ouch, this was much more difficult than I expected! maybe it’s time to return to campus 🙂

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4. 

   Peter Skura, Class of 1986

   22 Apr, 2024

   Got 8 of these 11. I guess there are some parts of campus I have yet to spend time at!

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