13 Facts About Davenport College

Davenport College is one of the fourteen residential colleges of Yale University.

Davenport College has an unofficial rivalry with adjoining Pierson College.

Davenport College attended Oxford University for three years starting in 1613 before leaving without a degree.

Davenport College returned to Oxford to finish his MA and Bachelor of Divinity after serving as the chaplain of Hilton Castle and vicar of St Stephen's Church in London.

Davenport College is credited with co-founding the nearby Hopkins School.

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In 1668, Davenport College left New Haven to serve as the pastor of the First Church in Boston.

Davenport College was, like many of Yale's residential colleges, designed by James Gamble Rogers.

The Davenport College basement includes a letterpress print-shop, a pottery studio, a digital media arts center, a dance studio, and a small theater with stadium seating.

Davenport College students have access to shared facilities on the Pierson side of the basement, including music practice rooms and an exercise room containing treadmills, ellipticals, and free weights.

Under the Yale College policy that let incoming students express a residential college preference, Davenport developed a reputation for attracting athletic, upper-class elites until the policy ended with the class of 1958.

Davenport College students were without a title or figure to rally behind.

Davenport College has competed for the Tyng Cup, winning the championship 4 times.

Davenport College is the current coed football champion and has won championships in table tennis, golf, bowling, men's volleyball, swimming, softball, and track and field in the past 5 years.