Old Main (Iowa Wesleyan University)


Old Main
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Show map of Iowa Show map of the US
Location	Iowa Wesleyan University campus Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Coordinates	40°58′31″N 91°32′34″W / 40.97528°N 91.54278°W / 40.97528; -91.54278Coordinates: 40°58′31″N 91°32′34″W / 40.97528°N 91.54278°W / 40.97528; -91.54278
Built	1854
Architect	Benjamin Franklin Pearson
NRHP Reference #	73000727^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 26, 1973

Old Main is an historic structure located on the Iowa Wesleyan University campus in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Built in 1854, when James Harlan was the college’s president, it is the second building constructed on the campus after Pioneer Hall.^[2] It is believed that Old Main was the first genuine collegiate building built in Iowa.^[3] The International P.E.O. Sisterhood was founded in the building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "History". Iowa Wesleyan College. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
↑ "Old Main". Council of Independent Colleges. Retrieved 2012-05-31.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types

Lists by states	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

Lists by associated states	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau

Other areas	District of Columbia Morocco

Portal WikiProject

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.