{"id":76707,"date":"2026-09-23T11:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=76707"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:10:39","slug":"sheldon-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/sheldon-court\/","title":{"rendered":"A History Tour of Sheldon Court, a Collegetown Landmark in Brick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Built by an alum as an upscale student boarding house, it has also hosted iconic retailers of books, bagels, and beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCornell\u2019s First Dormitory,\u201d a 1903 newspaper ad proclaimed, describing the new structure as \u201cbuilt to fill a long-felt want at Cornell.\u201d The ad highlighted the electric desk lamps, Mission-style furniture, tile and marble lavatories, telephone connections in each room, and fireplaces in most suites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cost per year, including services and utilities: $150.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly a century and a quarter later, that building\u2014Sheldon Court\u2014remains a Collegetown landmark. And its ground-floor retail space has housed some of the neighborhood\u2019s most enduring businesses over the decades, from the Triangle Bookshop to Collegetown Bagels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-1024x402.jpg\" alt=\"exterior view of the Sheldon Court patio and entrance with patrons at tables in 2026\" class=\"wp-image-76730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-1024x402.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-768x301.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-1536x603.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-1264x496.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-632x248.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-316x124.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-400x157.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-200x79.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A-100x39.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_024-Pano-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Collegetown Bagels moved into the renovated ground floor in 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it now shares a dense stretch of College Avenue with the Schwartz Center next door and the towering, redeveloped Chacona Block across the street, Sheldon Court once dominated the landscape\u2014and was in the vanguard of student living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>Sheldon Court once dominated the Collegetown landscape\u2014and was in the vanguard of student living.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it was built in the early 20th century, there were no on-campus residence halls for male students and the relatively few women were housed in Sage Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A handful of men had lived in Morrill and White halls in the University\u2019s early years, while others (along with some faculty) resided in what\u2019s now Cascadilla Hall. But the rest had to find off-campus accommodations, many lodging in homes downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"view of a student room in Sheldon Court, 1930\" class=\"wp-image-76736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3937-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The building debuted with then-modern amenities &#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"rear view of Sheldon Court shortly after its completion in the early 1900s, showing a tennis court on the property\" class=\"wp-image-76744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3946-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8230; and even boasted a tennis court out back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collegetown boarding houses were therefore gaining popularity: they were much closer to campus than downtown digs, offered group meals, and obviated those long early-morning uphill hikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seeing an opportunity, local entrepreneur Charles Sheldon Jr. 1901, MA 1902, and his father commissioned the distinctive L-shaped brick building on the site of a former student rooming house that had been twice destroyed by fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>Charles Sheldon Jr. 1901, MA 1902, and his father commissioned the distinctive L-shaped brick building on the site of a former student rooming house.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The architect they hired was also an alum: Henry Wilkinson 1890, who would shortly afterward design the now-historic <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/harperley-hall.com\/\">Harperley Hall<\/a> apartment building on Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huge by boarding-house standards, Sheldon Court was touted as a modern, fireproof structure with space for more than 100 residents on three floors of singles and suites. It included modern bathrooms, an expansive dining room, and even an outdoor tennis court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"postcard showing an interior view of the Mother&apos;s Kitchen restaurant in Sheldon Court in the early 20th century\" class=\"wp-image-76747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Sheldon_Court_dining_room_postcard_1915-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A comfort-food restaurant, seen on a 1915 postcard &#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"interior view of a barber shop on the ground floor of Sheldon Court in 1930\" class=\"wp-image-76742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3940-A.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8230; and a ground-floor barbershop in the 1930s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was also conveniently situated\u2014just over the bridge from campus and adjacent to a streetcar line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early tenants in its retail spaces included the Mother\u2019s Kitchen restaurant, a barber shop, and the famed Triangle Bookshop, which Charles Jr. also founded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After he died young of typhoid fever in 1908, his widow continued to run the building as a private men\u2019s dormitory until World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-rkv-image-compare alignwide\"><div class=\"juxtapose\" data-mode=\"horizontal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"76793\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3943-C_for_slider.jpg\" alt=\"test for slider\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"image-compare__image-before\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"76792\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2026_1395_JK_047-C_for_slider.jpg\" alt=\"test for slider\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"image-compare__image-after\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Use the slider to compare views more than 100 years apart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Charles Sr. would go on to lose another Cornellian son, Franklin Sheldon 1891. Grief-stricken, he endowed a marble monument in their name on campus; the Sheldon Memorial Sundial still stands outside Goldwin Smith.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University began leasing Sheldon Court\u2019s residential floors in 1943\u2014initially as housing for male freshmen\u2014and purchased the property in 1955.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the mid-1960s, the Cornell Store (as it\u2019s now known) moved its non-academic departments into its ground floor, forcing Triangle to relocate across the street; the shop continued to operate for another four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">A Century of Sheldon Snapshots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" class=\"wp-block-rkv-carousel rkv-swiper swiper is-caption-align-center\"><div class=\"alignfull swiper-buttons\"><div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"pedestrians cross the bridge in Collegetown to campus, with a trolley car and Sheldon Court in the background, early 1900s\" class=\"wp-image-76801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-768x432.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2159-A_horiz_crop.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students cross the bridge to campus in the early 1900s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"view of the dining room in Sheldon Court, 1930\" class=\"wp-image-76740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3939-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A large dining room served residents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"view of a student room in Sheldon Court, 1930\" class=\"wp-image-76738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3938-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A student room, 1930.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-1024x577.jpeg\" alt=\"pedestrians stroll College Avenue near Sheldon Court in the early 1970s, with stores like The Bike Rack and Hill Drug, visible along the street\" class=\"wp-image-76805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-1536x865.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-608x342.jpeg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-304x171.jpeg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-152x85.jpeg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF6136-1184x666.jpeg 1184w, 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1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the 1970s, retail tenants included the Bike Rack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"view of College Avenue looking north in the early 1970s, showing several retail shops and Sheldon Court to the right\" class=\"wp-image-76734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF2480-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Looking north along College Avenue in the 1970s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Sheldon Court during the 1981\u201382 renovations that added a fifth floor and modernized the building\" class=\"wp-image-76733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/construction_1981_DSCF3958_ps-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">During renovations that added a fifth floor in 1981\u201382.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"people view an outdoor arboreal art installation created by artist Patrick Dougherty on the Sheldon Court patio in 2006\" class=\"wp-image-76727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/0793_06_374-A-296x166.jpg 296w, 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Student Agencies, House of Shalimar, Cravings Ice Cream Shop, and Kaplan Test Prep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the early 1970s, the upper floors were in need of repairs and upgrades to meet modern codes and student housing standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rooms ceased to be offered as University housing; some spaces were leased to businesses and agencies or used as studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1981\u201382, the University did a major renovation, including upgrading the plumbing, electricity, and heating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project added not only an elevator\u2014in a new concrete-and-glass structure at the rear\u2014and modern fire alarm and sprinkler systems, but an entire fifth floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scl.cornell.edu\/residential-life\/housing\/campus-housing\/upper-level-undergraduates\/residence-halls\/sheldon-court\">building houses<\/a> 164 transfer and upperclass students\u2014and its current ground-floor tenant is another neighborhood icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late 2019, Collegetown Bagels faced the imminent closure of its longtime home when the original Chacona Block building, at the corner of College and Oak avenues, was slated for demolition.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DSCF3947-A-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"rear view of Sheldon Court, showing the elevator shaft added to the building, along with a fifth floor, in 1981\u201382\" class=\"wp-image-76745 size-full\" 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