This gateway commands the entrance to the Queen's campus from College Avenue. It was erected in 1901, in honor of the benefactors of Queen's and Rutgers College. The posts bear the inscription Bene Meritis De Collegio R., the final letter standing for both of the names which the college has borne--Reginae and Rutgersensi. The wrought-iron gates, made by W. H. Jackson & Company of New York, were given in honor of the memory of Henry Rutgers Baldwin (Class of 1849), physician and surgeon, and loyal Rutgers trustee, 1884-1902.
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