Architects of The Book & Snake Buildings
- Louis R. Metcalfe. (1901, Greek Ionic. The front door is modeled after the Erechtheion Temple on the Acropolis in Athens. Passersby will notice wrought-iron snakes, or "caduceuses" adorning the iron fence surrounding the property. The white marble temple, startling in its Classical Greek verisimilitude, is deliberately situated with its back to the Yale campus; instead its orientation facing directly across the street to the massive Egyptian-revival gates of the Grove Street Cemetery, makes for an impressive display of ancient, mortuary-themed solemnity. Citation at .) Their emblem is a book surrounded by the ouroboros.
- J. Edwards Ficken. (1888, residential hall known as "Cloister". Citation and picture at and at .)
Architectural historian Scott Meacham cites both of Book & Snake's buildings in his study of Yale and Dartmouth society and fraternity architecture. Also, references in architectural historian Patrick L. Pinnell's 1999 book "Yale University" 1999 Princeton Architectural Press ISBN 1-56898-167-8 .) Also pictured in
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