Class of 1883 Gate

The Class of 1883 Memorial Gates were presented in 1904 in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Class of 1883 graduation. They are placed at the principal entrance to Queen’s Campus, on the southeast corner of George and Somerset Streets. Frederick P. Hill, an architect and a member of the class, designed the gates, which were redesigned in 1929 under his supervision to adapt to modern tastes and traffic conditions. The massive piers are built of brownstone to match Old Queens. The brownstone globes formerly capped two gateposts that previously stood in the same location. The gates are of heavy wrought iron, with a scrollwork arch framing the founding date of Queen’s College. Above the date is a bronze double-faced plate into which is cast the Rutgers seal and motto. A bronze tablet mounted on the back of one of the main posts is inscribed: “Presented by the Class of 1883 at their reunion in 1903.”