at Smith in the 20th century. Per Eleanor Duckett’s journals and writing, recovered in the Smith special collections, Duckett was the "life-long partner: of fellow English professor, Mary Ellen Chase. Many students joke that this is why Chase and Duckett houses are conjoined, existing together, but separately, in one building complex.
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===== East Quadrangle houses =====
Cushing House – named for math professor Eleanor P. Cushing; Gloria Steinem resided here during her time at Smith.
Emerson House
Jordan House – Built in 1922 and named for the longtime head of the Smith English Department, Mary Augusta Jordan.
King House – Named for Franklin King, who served as the superintendent of building and grounds at Smith for 50 years
Scales House -King's "sister house," was named after Laura Woolsey Lord Scales, who graduated from Smith in 1901 and was the school's first dean of students
===== West Quadrangle houses =====
Comstock House – Named after Ada Comstock class of 1897, former dean of the college …
