⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking Drew University in Madison, New Jersey

April 6, 2025 - 1:10 PM
53°F / 12°C

Walking tour (without narration) of the campus of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Filmed with GoPro Hero 12.

Highlights:
00:00 - The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey
01:47 - Mead Hall, Rose Memorial Library
03:33 - Asbury Hall, Hoyt-Bowne Hall
06:14 - S.W. Bowne Hall
08:12 - Ehinger Center
09:22 - Haselton Hall
11:03 - Commons Building, Simon Forum and Athletic Center

From Wikipedia:
"Drew University is a private university in Madison, New Jersey, United States. It has a wooded 186-acre (75 ha) campus. As of fall 2020, more than 2,200 students were pursuing degrees at the university's three schools. While affiliated with the Methodist faith, Drew University does not impose any religious requirements on its students.

Drew University is located in Madison, New Jersey, a borough approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of New York City. Known as "the Rose City" because of its rose-cultivating industry in the 19th century, Madison is an affluent commuter town in New Jersey's Morris County. It is connected with the northern section of the state and Midtown Manhattan through the NJ Transit's Morris & Essex Lines. The university hosts the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, an independent professional theatre company.

The university sits on the former estate of William Gibbons, who owned the New York–New Jersey steamboat business that became famous from the Gibbons v. Ogden case, and who pieced together a 95-acre (38 ha) estate in Madison, New Jersey in 1832. He named his holdings "The Forest," which gives Drew its nickname of the "University in the Forest".

The following year, Gibbons commissioned the design and construction of a Greek revival antebellum-style residence that was completed in 1836.

In 1867, financier and railroad tycoon Daniel Drew purchased Gibbons' estate from his descendants for $140,000. A devout Methodist, Drew donated the estate to the church to establish a Methodist theological seminary. The estate's mansion would be renamed Mead Hall in honor of Drew's wife, Roxanna Mead.

Drew's academic buildings feature a mix of Greek Revival, Collegiate Gothic, and neoclassical architecture on a 186-acre (75 ha) campus that is a serene, wooded oasis in the middle of a bustling suburban town. The campus features the Drew Forest Preserve, an 80-acre (32 ha) expanse that was recently restored with the planting of 1,100 native trees and shrubs by the university community and volunteer assistance from pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer, a large and local employer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the New Jersey Audubon Society. The university's campus also features the Florence and Robert Zuck Arboretum, named for two botany faculty members, containing a mixture of native and non-native trees, plants and two small glacial ponds supporting populations of turtles, goldfish, catfish, and muskrats, and various species of birds including migratory fowl such as Canada geese, ducks, and herons.

The preserve and arboretum both provide a natural laboratory for the instruction of students in the study of biology and life sciences and for research, but is also open to the public by appointment. According to the New Jersey chapter of the Audubon Society, the arboretum and forest preserve is "important for groundwater recharge and runoff reduction within the Passaic River watershed and the Buried Valley Aquifer System".

In films, the Drew University campus appears in So Fine (1981), Deconstructing Harry (1997), The Family Stone (2005), Spinning into Butter (2008), and The Incredible Hulk (2008).

In television, Drew University features prominently in Season 1, Episode 5 of The Sopranos, titled "College", which initially aired on February 7, 1999. In the episode, Drew's Mead Hall appears, substituting for Bates College, Colby College, and Bowdoin College in Maine. In an episode of the NBC series "Friday Night Lights", which aired November 19, 2008, several Drew University campus locations appear, including Asbury Hall and S.W. Bowne Hall."

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