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Mansion To Be Renovated, Renamed
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Business New Haven
11/26/2001
By:
Anne-Marie Brungard
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NEW HAVEN - Yale officials have announced a $5 million gift by Roland W. Betts II and his wife Lois Phifer Betts, to renovate the John M. Davies House, a 19th-century structure known locally as the Davies Mansion. In fall 2002, the New Haven landmark, on the north end of the Yale campus, will open its doors as the Betts House to honor five consecutive generations of the Betts family who have earned Yale degrees. Under the name of the Davies Mansion, Betts House has been part of Yale's campus since 1972, when the university purchased the seven-acre property from the Culinary Institute of America. The mansion was built in 1868 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After a devastating fire in 1990, the fate of the mansion, of interest to local preservationists, was for several years in doubt until the current renovation project.
Halpern Architects of New York designed the Betts House renovation, which will reconfigure and refurbish 19,700 square feet of interior space. Asbestos removal, interior demolition and structural stabilization are completed, and major renovation is now under way. The renovated mansion will feature administrative offices, meeting rooms, a lounge, a new fire exit stair, conference center, library and more. The project is slated for completion next August.
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