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What is the signature building on your campus...
Posted on 7/24/20 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 7/24/20 at 4:35 pm
...and what is its history?
Arkansas is interesting.
Old Main (then University Hall) was the first permanent building to be erected on the Arkansas Industrial University campus. Its exterior was finished in 1875, just three years after the university opened for classes. It is the oldest building still standing on the campus and the only one built in the 19th century still standing.
Trustees visited campuses in Illinois and Michigan, coming away set on having a main building like the one at Illinois Industrial University, designed by John Mills Van Osdel, a Chicago architect. Although the two buildings were nearly identical, the towers were swapped, with the taller bell tower to the right side of the building and the smaller clock tower moved to the left.
The taller tower to the north would symbolize the Union’s victory in the Civil War, waged less than a decade earlier. The university was founded and organized during Reconstruction, so Unionists still held sway politically and may have been happy to take credit for the change.
The contract to construct the Hall was signed by the superintendent of public instruction, Joseph Carter Corbin, who was the highest elected African American official in Arkansas during Reconstruction.
Arkansas is interesting.
Old Main (then University Hall) was the first permanent building to be erected on the Arkansas Industrial University campus. Its exterior was finished in 1875, just three years after the university opened for classes. It is the oldest building still standing on the campus and the only one built in the 19th century still standing.
Trustees visited campuses in Illinois and Michigan, coming away set on having a main building like the one at Illinois Industrial University, designed by John Mills Van Osdel, a Chicago architect. Although the two buildings were nearly identical, the towers were swapped, with the taller bell tower to the right side of the building and the smaller clock tower moved to the left.
The taller tower to the north would symbolize the Union’s victory in the Civil War, waged less than a decade earlier. The university was founded and organized during Reconstruction, so Unionists still held sway politically and may have been happy to take credit for the change.
The contract to construct the Hall was signed by the superintendent of public instruction, Joseph Carter Corbin, who was the highest elected African American official in Arkansas during Reconstruction.
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Posted on 7/24/20 at 4:41 pm to tkeefer
Rutledge College....the original campus building at South Carolina. Built in 1805.
The most significant is probably the South Caroliniana Library. The nation's first freestanding academic library and holds a ton of good southern history. Designed by noted architect Robert Mills...who also designed the Washington Monument. It is the building on the front left in this picture of campus from the mid-19th century.
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Posted on 7/24/20 at 4:44 pm to tkeefer
Posted on 7/24/20 at 4:47 pm to SG_Geaux
I'm going with Memorial Tower.
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Memorial Tower, or the Campanile as it is sometimes called, is a 175-foot clock tower in the center of Louisiana State University's campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Erected in 1923 and officially dedicated in 1926, it stands as a memorial to Louisianans who died in World War I.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 4:51 pm to tkeefer
> Jesse Hall & The Columns: "Built with local limestone, the six Ionic-style columns on Francis Quadrangle originally supported Mizzou’s first campus building — Academic Hall. After a fire destroyed Academic Hall in 1892, the Columns were all that remained."
Posted on 7/24/20 at 5:01 pm to mouse_cop
I graduated from Alabama. I can think of three worthy of consideration: The Gorgas Library, Denny Chimes, and the President’s Mansion.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 5:03 pm to tkeefer
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What is the signature building on your campus...
Posted on 7/24/20 at 5:33 pm to tkeefer
Posted on 7/24/20 at 5:41 pm to tkeefer
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The Lyceum, most famous for being a hospital that served for both sides during the civil war.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 5:44 pm to tkeefer
Ayres Hall. Sits atop the "Hill" on the East side of campus, and hosts the Mathematics Department. Beautiful building. Opened in 1921.
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Posted on 7/24/20 at 5:45 pm to tkeefer
Planned parenthood
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:08 pm to Bbobalou
Bryce Old Main is only recently a part of the UA campus, but once the renovation is complete, it will be a signature part of the campus. Was once one of the world's largest buildings. 
One of the two antebellum structures that survived the campus burning by Union troops during the end of the war in 1865. Saved by the president's wife who shamed the Union soldiers into not burning it. 
the first post war building, and only Gothic structures on campus, Clark, Manly and Garland Halls. This post was edited on 7/24/20 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:11 pm to Globetrotter747
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I graduated from Alabama. I can think of three worthy of consideration: The Gorgas Library, Denny Chimes, and the President’s Mansion.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:26 pm to InGAButLoveBama
Interesting; it is my impression that collegiate gothic is not As common in the SEC as it is in the northeast. I favor the style and how ornate they are.
Any other gothic buildings on SEC campuses?
Any other gothic buildings on SEC campuses?
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:29 pm to InGAButLoveBama
Love the Gothic.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:31 pm to tkeefer
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:36 pm to InGAButLoveBama
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One of the two antebellum structures that survived the campus burning by Union troops during the end of the war in 1865.
There are three antebellum structures that survived - The President's Mansion, The Gorgas Home and Maxwell Hall/Observatory. The Round House/Jason's Shrine also survived but it was built during the war so it technically isn't antebellum.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:37 pm to CapstoneGrad06
One that won't get mentioned much is Bidgood Hall.
I always like that the best of the older buildings.
I always like that the best of the older buildings.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:40 pm to scionofadrunk
There's also a bathroom near the top of that tower with a splendid view of the Smoky Mountains to the SE. That is a great place to take a shite.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 7:11 pm to tkeefer
GetCocky showed y'all some very historic buildings at USC. this one didn't originate until 1978 but its none-the-less iconic along Carolina's campus.
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