The Atlantes figures outside the Hartley Institute, now outside the Hartley Library on the University Highfield Campus
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jan 15, 2021 in Local History | 0 commentsThe Hartley Institution – in Southampton High Street, predecessor to the University of Southampton, complete with its Atlantes figures in their original position. They are now outside the Hartley Library at the UOS Highfield Campus.
Southampton High Street, showing the Hartley Institution, complete with its Atlantes figures in their original position. They are now outside the Hartley Library at the UOS Highfield Campus.
The Hartley Institution was moved some time before 1919. The Hartley Institution on the High Street was the ancestor, via a University College, of the present University of Southampton. It was built 1860-1862 after Henry Robinson Hartley left money and property to the town in his will for the establishment of a cultural centre. The institution was opened by Lord Palmerston in 1862 and soon became the focus for many of the town’s intellectual activities. The hall was the venue for concerts, public meetings, debates and exhibitions. Although Hartley had not intended it to be a teaching college, it became a university college in the 1890s and in 1919 it moved to Highfield and eventually became the University of Southampton.
In 1936 the institution building was sold to Poupart and Co, fruit wholesalers and was demolished in 1940.
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