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Kirkbride Plan

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  • Thomas Story Kirkbride

    …be known collectively as the Kirkbride Plan, called for a main central building with wings, arranged in a linear manner, projecting from it. The plan also called for size limitations of no more than 250 residents (a principle later largely disregarded), with an ample, open campus surrounded by a large…

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    …be known collectively as the Kirkbride Plan, called for a main central building with wings, arranged in a linear manner, projecting from it. The plan also called for size limitations of no more than 250 residents (a principle later largely disregarded), with an ample, open campus surrounded by a large…

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