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Principia College Historic District
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| Location: | Principia College, Jersey County, Illinois, United States |
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| Nearest city: | Elsah, Illinois |
| Built: | 1940 |
| Architect: | Bernard Maybeck; Henry Gutterson |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 93001605 |
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| Added to NRHP: | April 19, 1993[1] |
| Designated NHLD: | April 19, 1993[2] |
Principia College Historic District, at Principia College, near the village of Elsah, Illinois, is a site significant for being the final phase of Bernard Maybeck's career as a designer of houses and public buildings. Maybeck designed thirteen buildings that were constructed at this site between 1931 and 1946. Eleven of those structures are still standing and are still in use today.[3]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.[2][4], and was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places that same year.
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