Main Building (Vassar College)

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Old Main
Old Main in 2007, seen from near the entrance to campus
Main Building (Vassar College) is located in New York
Main Building (Vassar College)
LocationPoughkeepsie, New York
Built1861
ArchitectJames Renwick, Jr.
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No.73001183
Added to NRHPSeptember 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

Takeover of Main Building, 1971, at Vassar Encyclopedia] Template:Geolinks-US-buildingscale

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ^ a b "Old Main, Vassar College". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-17.
  3. ^ [[[:Template:PDFlink]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1978. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ^ [[[:Template:PDFlink]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1978. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)