Old Main, Knox College

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Old Main, Knox College
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Old Main, Knox College (Illinois)
Old Main, Knox College
Location: Galesburg, Illinois
Coordinates: 40°56′35.83″N 90°22′14.03″W / 40.9432861, -90.3705639Coordinates: 40°56′35.83″N 90°22′14.03″W / 40.9432861, -90.3705639
Built/Founded: 1857
Architect: Charles Ulricson
Architectural style(s): Collegiate Gothic
Designated as NHL: July 04, 1961[1]
Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966[2]
NRHP Reference#: 66000323
Governing body: Private

In its sesquicentennial year, Knox College's Old Main is the oldest building on its campus, and is the best preserved site of one of the 1858 senatorial debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. It has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[1][3]

A campus website describes it proudly: "Old Main is one of the most important pre-Civil War buildings in the Midwest. Built in the most respected style of the day—Collegiate Gothic—Old Main received high praise upon its completion in 1857 and is still recognized today as a building of architectural distinction. In addition to its status as a National Historic Landmark, Old Main expresses Knox's ongoing commitment to equal rights, democratic ideals, international excellence, an openness to new and old, and a mission to summon up the best in ourselves, as evidenced in Knox's Original Circular and Plan, which hangs on Old Main's first floor."[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Old Main, Knox College. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ Blanche Higgins Schroer and Charles E. Shedd, Jr. (1961), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: PDF (463 KiB), National Park Service . Accompanying 4 images, exteriors, from 1975, including photo of oldest known photo of Old Main, in 1864.PDF (400 KiB)
  4. ^ Old Main, Knox College website. Knox College. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.

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