{"page_1": " Old Castleton Medical College at New Site\nHistoric Old Chapel\nGenuflects to New\nFine Arts Building.\nCASTLETON - (Special) - Castleton's historic Old Chapel,\nVermont's\nfirst\nchartered\nmedical college, is on the move In fact, the building,\nslightly\narthritic, is already at its new site, a day after this photograph was taken.\nSaved from demolition by the\nCastleton\nsuare\nCollege\nAlumni\nAssociation, it is now situated\njust outside the gate leading to Woodruff Hall where it will be restored and serve as the alum-\noffices.\nFormer\nFlorence director.\nBlack\ndean\nis\nalumni\nThe alumni\nfor sentimental\nreasons rolled up their sleeves and raised\nsome\n$8,000\nto\npreserve the building and move\nit to its new locawon.\nThe old site of the building,\nCASTLETON\nSTATE COLISCE\nFINE ARTS CENTER\nTRAVT SIRIC WALLUS\nnext to Woodruff Hall,\n1s the\nlocation\nfor the college's Fine\nArts Building being erected at\nCONSECRECION COLLY\nLOST OT\n$1\nmillion\nas part\nof the college 's expansion program. It will be ready next\nApril,\naccording to\nby Dr.\nRichard Dundas, college head.\nThe spark\nto save the\nOld\nChapeltewas ignited\nby Mrs.\nMonica Hunter, president of the\nAlumni\nAssociation, and Mrs.\nStella Durkee of Castleton.\nThe Old Chapel was originally erected in 1821 on Main Street in Castleton near the Castleton\nLibrary\nand is\nprobably the\noldest wooden structure in Vermont now standing that has a record of such long use for education.\nIt was built on lot\nowned by\na half-acre\nTheodore\nWoodard, who failed to fill the deed the land\nthe\nHerald photo-Merusi\nmedical college. A $i million fine arts building will occupy. the 'old chapel's former site. The medical college was once\none of the country\ncor-\nporation, thus causing difficulty later.\nThe college was closed for a year in 1838 due to neglect of repairs to the building and of\nlaboratory equipment,\ndecrease\nin attendance of students and\nbecause a drive for money fail-\nwere bought by\nShermar\nfor\nCarlos Smith\nlocation next to Woodruff Hall\n$1,000\nHe\nThe interior was remodeled and\npresented it to Harriet Haskell,\nused as a\nteaching\n. place\nthẹp\nprincipal of\nCastleton\nCastleton\nNomnal\nfor\nSchool\nSeminary, as a Christmas gift.\nAt his own expense,\nSherman\nclasses.\nIt remained at its second site\nhad the building moved\nits\nuntil this week.\nOld chapel on Castleton State College campus is moved to new site just off Woodruff Hall campus where it will serve as an alumni headquarters. The chapel was Vermont's first ed due to the 1837 depression.\nment and\nalso because of\nIn 1840 the Medical\nCollege faculty dissension.\nreopened,\nthe building\nrepaired and\nwas\nThe, last class' graduated in\nequioment\nMorey 'for this\nwas\n1861\nand in\nFebruary,\n1862,\nCastleton- Medical College\nloaned'by Dr. Joseph Perkins.\nofficially closed.\nwas\nIn 1847, a decline began and\nIn 1864 the building and lot\nin 1850 the corporation gave Dr.\nLerkins a\nmorlodge\nthe\nbuilding and lot as security for indebtedness to him.\nA dispute over funds in 1854 led to the withdrawal\nPerkins\nwhom\nof\nDr\nthe cor-\nporation owned $1,500. He took with him the museum,\nthe\nchemical apparcus,\nand part of\nthe furniture.\nStudent attendance continued to drop\nchiefly because of the\ncompetition from the University of\nVermont\nMedical\nDepart- "}