University Hall (Lincoln, Illinois)


University Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Eastern front
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Location	300 Keokuk St., Lincoln, Illinois
Coordinates	40°9′24″N 89°21′33″W / 40.15667°N 89.35917°W / 40.15667; -89.35917Coordinates: 40°9′24″N 89°21′33″W / 40.15667°N 89.35917°W / 40.15667; -89.35917
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1865–66
Architectural style	Italianate, Tuscan
NRHP Reference #	73000711^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 24, 1973

University Hall is a building on the campus of Lincoln College in Lincoln. Built from 1865 to 1866, the building was the first constructed on the campus of the college, then known as Lincoln University. The college was founded by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was at the time one of the few religiously affiliated schools in the North. University Hall was designed in a Tuscan-influenced Italianate style and features a four-sided cupola and a cornice with dentils and corbels.^[2] The building now houses the school's administrative offices.^[3]

University Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 1973.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Beaver, Paul (October 15, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: University Hall" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
↑ "Discover Lincoln". Lincoln College. Retrieved June 21, 2013.

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