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Old Main at Alma College, built in 1886, it was the main administration and academic building for Alma College students until it was destroyed by fire on March 10, 1969. [ 2 ] Old Main at Central Michigan University , built in 1893, it served as the original administration building of CMU before being destroyed by fire in 1925.
Old Main (originally called "Main Building") is The Pennsylvania State University's first building of major significance. First completed in 1867, the current incarnation of the building was completed in 1930. Today, Old Main serves as the administrative center of Penn State, housing the offices of the president and other officials.
Old Main is one of the oldest surviving educational structures in the western United States. [2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1] Designed by Phoenix architect James Miller Creighton, construction of Old Main began on October 27, 1887. [2] [3] The budget of $37,969 ran out before the roof was finished.
After Old Main was built, alumni went to the legislature to ask that the admission standards be raised, in order to bring the stature of the institution up to the stature of the building. The designation of Old Main as a historic place with its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 – the year of ASU's centennial ...
The Old Main, also known as the Livingston C. Lord Administration Building, is the oldest building at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. Construction on the building began in 1896 and was completed in 1899. Architect George H. Miller designed the building, which has a medieval style resembling a castle.
Old Main is a red-roofed Victorian Gothic building on the campus of Texas State University. Situated at one end of the quad, it was Texas State's first building, built in 1903, and remained the only building on campus until 1908. Old Main was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1983. [2]
Main hall of the Old Main, circa 1899. The front building was the first building of the Old Main to open, on 9 December 1870. The other two buildings opened more than three years later, on 25 February 1874. George H. Pendleton, a past Democratic candidate for vice president, gave a speech at the inauguration. [1]
Old Main is the oldest building on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [2] It is one of the most recognizable symbols of the University (especially to alumni and residents of the state of Arkansas ), and of higher education in general in Arkansas.