Old Main, Augustana College
Old Main, Augustana College | |
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Location | 7th Ave. between 35th and 38th Sts., Rock Island, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 41°30′16″N 90°32′58″W / 41.5044°N 90.5495°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1884-1893 |
Architect | L.G. Hallberg |
Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 75000673[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 11, 1975 |
Old Main, Augustana College is an historic building located in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It was built between 1884 and 1893 on the campus of Augustana College, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
History
Augustana College was established in Chicago in 1860 to educate Swedish immigrants by the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod, now part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The school moved to Paxton, Illinois in 1863 and then to Rock Island in 1875.[2]
Old Main was constructed from 1884 to 1893. It was dedicated as Memorial Hall in 1889 although it was still incomplete.
A $13 million renovation of the building was begun in July 2010.[5] The stone on the building's exterior was washed and tuck pointed, and the old windows were replaced. The building's dome, which was painted metal, was covered in a copper that has a pre-treated patina to give a weathered, bluish-green look.
Architecture
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "The History of Augustana College". Augustana College. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ^ "The Old Main Story: designs, domes and dolomite". Augustana College. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ a b c d "Old Main (Augustana College)". City of Rock Island. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ^ David Heitz (August 3, 2010). "Old Main getting new look". Quad-City Times. Davenport. Retrieved 2011-03-29.