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	Old Main, Vassar College
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Building in 2007, seen from near the entrance to campus
Location	Poughkeepsie, New York
Built	1861
Architect	James Renwick, Jr.
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	73001183
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 19, 1973
Designated NHL	June 24, 1986

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Main Building is on the Vassar College campus in Poughkeepsie, New York. It was built by James Renwick Jr. in the Second Empire style in 1861, the second building in the history of what was one of America's first women's colleges. At the time, it housed the entire college, including dormitories, libraries, classrooms, and dining halls. Currently, the first and second floors house campus administration while the remaining three (including the second floor wings) house student rooms.

It was taken over by protesters in 1969^[3] and again in 1990.^[4]

It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1986.^[2]^[5] 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

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Old Main, Vassar College". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-17.
^ Takeover of Main Building, 1971, at Vassar Encyclopedia
^ Vassar Students End Sit-In; Moynihan Defends Lecture, 1990, New York Time
^ Carolyn Pitts (1978 or after). "Template:PDFlink" (Document). National Park Service. {{cite document}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) and Template:PDFlink

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[nhlsum-2] "Old Main, Vassar College". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-17.

[3] Takeover of Main Building, 1971, at Vassar Encyclopedia

[4] Vassar Students End Sit-In; Moynihan Defends Lecture, 1990, New York Time

[nrhpinv-5] Carolyn Pitts (1978 or after). "Template:PDFlink" (Document). National Park Service. {{cite document}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) and Template:PDFlink

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 It was taken over by protesters in 1969<ref>[http://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/index.php/Claudia_Lynn_Thomas_'71:Takeover_of_Main_Building,_1969 Takeover of Main Building, 1971, at Vassar Encyclopedia]</ref>  and again in 1990.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/16/nyregion/vassar-students-end-sit-in-moynihan-defends-lecture.html, Vassar Students End Sit-In; Moynihan Defends Lecture, 1990, New York Time]</ref>
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+It was named a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1986.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv">{{Cite document|title={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73001183.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Main Building, Vassar College]|524&nbsp;KB}}|author=Carolyn Pitts|date=1978 or after|publisher=National Park Service|postscript=<!--None-->}} and {{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/73001183.pdf Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1978, c. 1950, and other dates. And lithograph from 1864.]|2.93&nbsp;MB}}</ref> The [[Vassar Observatory]], the first building built on the Vassar campus, is also a National Historic Landmark.
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