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On the northern third of the campus, it was built on the ruins of Tillotson’s aunt, nee Alida Livingston, and her husband, General John Armstrong. Later called DeVeaux Park and then Almont, its gatehouse was where currently starts the formal approach to the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. Alexander Jackson Davis designed two gatehouses ca. 1840 for Robert Donaldson’s estate Blithewood on the southern third of the campus. One is the hexagonal Italianate structure still standing at the corner of Blithewood Avenue and Annandale Road. The other was demolished ca. 1900, mid-way down the drive to the mansion, but now has an exhibit at the site. The Blithewood gatehouse exhibit can be accessed on-line as well.