Davenport College | |
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Residential college at Yale University | |
Yale University | |
Location | 248 York Street |
Coordinates | 41°18′37″N 72°55′51″W / 41.31037°N 72.93094°W |
Nickname | D'port |
Motto | Camera principis, mare liberum. (Latin) |
Motto in English | House of a leader, a free sea. |
Established | 1933 |
Named for | John Davenport |
Colors | black, white, maroon |
Sister college | Winthrop House |
Head | Anjelica Gonzalez[1] |
Dean | Adam Ployd[2] |
Undergraduates | 477 (2013–2014) |
Mascot | Gnome |
Website | davenport |
Davenport College (colloquially referred to as D'port) is one of the fourteen residential colleges of Yale University. Its buildings were completed in 1933[3] mainly in the Georgian style but with a gothic façade along York Street. The college was named for John Davenport, who founded Yale's home city of New Haven, Connecticut.[4][5] An extensive renovation of the college's buildings occurred during the 2004–2005 academic year as part of Yale's comprehensive building renovation project. Davenport College has an unofficial rivalry with adjoining Pierson College.