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Revision as of 14:58, 19 September 2007
Main Building, Vassar College | |
 Vassar College in an engraving from 1862 | |
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| Location | Poughkeepsie, New York |
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| Built | 1891 |
| Architect | James Renwick, Jr. |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001183 |
| Added to NRHP | September 19, 1973[1] |
Main Building, also known as Old College or Old Main, is a building on the Vassar College campus in Poughkeepsie, New York.
It was taken over by protesters in 1971.
It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1986.[2],[3],[4]
The Vassar Observatory, the first building built on the Vassar campus, is also a National Historic Landmark.
External links
Main Building (1865), at Vassar Encyclopedia [http://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/index.php/Claudia_Lynn_Thomas_'71:Takeover_of_Main_Building,_1969 Takeover of Main Building, 1971, at Vassar Encyclopedia]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ^ a b "Old Main, Vassar College". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-17.
- ^ [[[:Template:PDFlink]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1978.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ [[[:Template:PDFlink]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1978.
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