Built in 1933, Davenport College (known as D’Port) is named after well-known Puritan and New Haven founder John Davenport. The primarily Georgian-style college features a beautiful gothic façade – which all houses classroom space, carrels and reading rooms for its residents.
Davenport’s striking two-story dining room features broad-wood floors, ornately carved wooden wall details and a coffered, barrel-vaulted ceiling from which hangs a beautiful Waterford chandelier. The college’s mascot, a 400-pound carved redwood gnome donated by a former alumnus, guards the dining hall.
