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The University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District is a historic district located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1984, it includes a number of historic buildings that were constructed during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and represents the oldest extant section of the University of Minnesota campus.
Lind Hall. Housed most of the university's English department until they moved to Pillsbury Hall.Currently, the building is home to the College of Science and Engineering, after a major renovation completed in 2023, [6] providing 57,500 square feet of space for the Industrial and Systems Engineering department and additional space for the Computer Science & Engineering departments. [7]
Coffman Memorial Union was built between 1939 and 1940 as a new "center of social life" for the University of Minnesota campus, a role that had previously been filled by Shevlin Hall and Nicholson Hall in the Old Campus Historic District, for the women's and men's student unions, respectively.
About 75,000 square feet (7,000 m 2) of copper clads the rectangular portion where university offices are located, including those of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Granite supported by 500 steel beams forms an asymmetrical geode-styled area of the building featuring an interior public Memorial Hall, 85-foot (26 m) tall.
Bruininks Hall (/ b r uː n ɪ k s / BROO-nihks), [1] formerly the Science Teaching and Student Services (STSS) building, is an academic and student support building at the University of Minnesota. Completed in 2010, it is located next to the Washington Avenue Bridge and holds a variety of classrooms (including ten active-learning rooms) and ...
The University of Minnesota was founded in Minneapolis in 1851 as a college preparatory school, seven years prior to Minnesota's statehood. [14] It struggled in its early years and relied on donations to stay open from donors, including South Carolina Governor William Aiken Jr. [23] [24]
Williams Arena is an indoor arena located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.It is the home arena for the University of Minnesota's men's and women's basketball teams. It also housed the men's hockey team until 1993, when it moved into its own building, 3M Arena at Mariucci.
The building was designed in the Georgian colonial style by Clarence H. Johnston Sr., a close friend of Brooks and an architect who had designed many buildings at the university to fit a master plan by Cass Gilbert. Numerous renovations took place over the years, though repair efforts did not keep pace with wear and tear.