Founded in 1926, Scripps College was the first undergraduate
institution added to The Claremont Colleges, a system of linked
educational institutions organized by Pomona College (1887) in
1925-26. Scripps was planned both as an independent institution
of higher learning and as a component part of the Claremont
Colleges. Scripps College is frequently described as one of
America's most beautiful college campuses. Architect Gordon
Kaufmann prepared a comprehensive campus plan in 1926, and
during the next thirteen years, designed eight buildings for the
campus, including residence halls, academic buildings and a
walled garden. The buildings are Mediterranean in style and are
laid out among formal gardens, courtyards, and lawns designed by
landscape architect Edward Huntsman Trout. Building colors
throughout the Scripps campus are creamy white stucco, with pale
sage green wood trim and variegated red tile roofs. Natural
stone and carved concrete ornamentation as well as stained and
leaded glass windows are found i