The wide-open Diag, about 1870, looking southeast. At right, one of the four early houses built for professors is visible. One of them, which had become the President’s House, would have been just outside the frame at right.

The back of the President’s House in the 1870s or ’80s, with sheds visible at left.

The front of the house in the Angell era, with a low decorative fence, a large evergreen at right and many young deciduous trees.

A view from the southwest about 1890, before any driveway had been laid.

About 1900, professors planted a botanical garden northeast of the president’s  back yard. This view looks westward toward the old General Library, where the Graduate Library stands now.

In an undated 20th century photo: A stone walk, flower borders and a tunnel trellis.

The back yard was still wide open in the 1920s.

As the Clements Library was being built in the early ’20s, what looks like a skating rink is visible behind the President’s House.

Workers dig trenches for the president’s plumbing.

The un-private view from the south addition to the Graduate Library, circa 1970.