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REBUILDING HISTORY The Rededication of Chevalier Senior Lodge by Hannah Van Sickle
The Berkshire community, the Board of Trustees, and friends of the School gathered under the Mountain on September 28, 2018, for the rededication of the Chevalier Senior Lodge named in memory of Stephanie Y. Chevalier ’77.
The Chevalier Senior Lodge, formerly known as the “faculty shack” or “Coffee House,” was rebuilt in the summer of 2018, in its exact location, after the 90-year-old structure deteriorated beyond simple repair. “Thanks to generous contributions by Trustees Emeriti Peter Kellogg ’61 and Hugh Knowlton (Stephanie’s father) and other gifts, the Lodge has been restored to its former glory with an eye toward its original elements,” said Head of School Pieter Mulder in his remarks at the rededication. The space continues to honor “a living 1 According to a Fall 1978 Berkshire Newsletter
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memorial suitable to the fun-loving, giving spirit that is the Stephanie [so many] remember.”1 The structure was first dedicated to Stephanie in October 1978 after she was killed in a tragic automobile accident shortly after her graduation from Berkshire. The School took meticulous efforts to replicate the original structure from the 1930s. In Mulder’s remarks, he cited the “faithful efforts” of Director of Facilities Management Tim Fulco ’78 as instrumental in returning the spirit of the structure to its rightful place on campus. Fulco, who spearheaded the construction project, points to the
In memory of Stephanie Chevalier ’77, the 1978 senior class launched a fund drive to convert the Coffee House to a Senior Lodge. The funds were used to refurbish the interior, rebuild the chimney, and fix the wall paneling.
