Old Main, University of Arizona

Old Main, University of Arizona
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location:	University of Arizona campus, Tucson, Arizona
Coordinates:	32°13′55″N 110°57′10″W / 32.23194°N 110.95278°W / 32.23194; -110.95278Coordinates: 32°13′55″N 110°57′10″W / 32.23194°N 110.95278°W / 32.23194; -110.95278
Built:	1887-1891
Architect:	Creighton,James M.; Sullivan,M.J.
Architectural style:	Eclectic
Governing body:	State
NRHP Reference#:	72000199[1]
Added to NRHP:	April 13, 1972

Old Main, University of Arizona, also known as University of Arizona, School of Agriculture, was the first building constructed on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Arizona.^[1]

Construction of Old Main began in 1887, but the money ran out before the roof was finished. A Federal loan paid for the roof, and the building was completed in 1891. Old Main, then the only building on the campus, contained the classrooms, library, offices, and dorms. Six faculty taught 32 students in 1891, the year the University opened.^[2]

Old Main was abandoned in 1938 and condemned. Demolition was averted when the US Navy repaired the building in 1942, for use as a Naval Indoctrination Training School during World War II. The Navy then paid $20,000 in 1945 to turn it back into a functioning campus building.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Old Main, University of Arizona" in 1972.^[1]

Old Main was most recently restored and renovated in 2006-2008 at a cost of $4.6 million. It now houses the University's Office of Admissions, Center for Exploratory Students, and the Dean of Student's Office.^[4]

Gallery

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  Another view of Old Main and the surrounding gardens, 2008

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} ["Old^{[dead link]} Main, NRHP 72000199, at National Register Information System"]. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-04-19. [http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/72000199.red.pdf. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ History of UofA
3. ^ Going Down in History
4. ^ Old Main Renovations

External links

Media related to Old Main (University of Arizona) at Wikimedia Commons

• Old Main at Historic American Buildings Survey