This is a list of things named after Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States. President Coolidge was himself named after his father, John Calvin Coolidge Sr., and his grandfather, Calvin Galusha Coolidge. As Coolidge was a somewhat common name in the United States in the 19th century, there are many places and things named "Coolidge" in the US not named for the president; those things do not appear on this list.
Places
editHistoric places significant to the life of Calvin Coolidge
edit- Coolidge Homestead, Plymouth Notch, Vermont
- Calvin Coolidge House, Northampton, Massachusetts
- Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum, Northampton, Massachusetts
Parks and preserves
edit- Calvin Coolidge State Forest, Vermont
- Coolidge State Park, Vermont, within the forest
Natural features
edit- Mount Coolidge, a summit in Custer County, South Dakota[1]
Infrastructure
edit- Calvin Coolidge Bridge, Northampton, Massachusetts
- Coolidge Dam, Arizona
- Coolidge Municipal Airport, in Coolidge, Arizona
- Coolidge station, a former Amtrak rail station in Coolidge, Arizona
Municipalities
edit- Coolidge, Arizona, a town near Coolidge Dam
- Coolidge, Montana, a ghost town and former mining site, active circa 1914-50[2][3]
Schools and colleges
edit- Calvin Coolidge School, a public elementary school in Binghamton, New York
- Calvin Coolidge Elementary School, a public elementary school in San Gabriel, California
- Calvin Coolidge Elementary School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts[4]
- Calvin Coolidge Elementary School, Wyckoff, New Jersey[5]
- Calvin Coolidge School, in Moline, Illinois
- Calvin Coolidge Middle School, in Peoria, Illinois
- Coolidge Unified School District, in Coolidge, Arizona
- Coolidge High School, in the school district
- Calvin Coolidge Senior High School, a school in Washington, D.C.
- Calvin Coolidge College, a former higher education institution in Boston, Massachusetts, closed in 1969.[6]
Buildings and rooms
edit- Coolidge Woman's Club, a historic building in Coolidge, Arizona
- Coolidge Auditorium, a room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the US Library of Congress.
- Calvin Coolidge Library at Vermont State University Castleton, Vermont[7]
- Coolidge Hall, a dormitory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Literary works
edit- The Man Who Knew Coolidge, a 1928 novel by Sinclair Lewis
- The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, 1929
- The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians, a 1988 novella by Bradley Denton
- Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream, a 1996 novel by John Derbyshire
Other
edit- SS President Coolidge, an ocean liner that sailed from 1931 to 1942
- Coolidge effect, a sexual behavior observed in some animals, apparently named for a joke involving Calvin Coolidge
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mount Coolidge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 1, 1992.
- ^ "Coolidge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 1, 2000.
- ^ "Montana DEQ > Land > abandonedmines > linkdocs > 13tech". deq.mt.gov. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ^ "Calvin Coolidge School". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 27, 2002.
- ^ "Calvin Coolidge Elementary School". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. July 1, 1981.
- ^ "Closed Institution". www.mass.edu. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ^ "Calvin Coolidge Library". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 11, 2001.