John W. Cook Hall

John W. Cook Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
John W. Cook Hall
Location:	Normal, McLean County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates:	40°30′33″N 88°59′32.5″W / 40.50917°N 88.992361°W / 40.50917; -88.992361Coordinates: 40°30′33″N 88°59′32.5″W / 40.50917°N 88.992361°W / 40.50917; -88.992361
Governing body:	Illinois State University
NRHP Reference#:	86000268[1]
Added to NRHP:	February 20, 1986[1]

John W. Cook Hall, or Cook Hall, is a building which resembles a castle on the Quad of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Cook Hall, named for the university's fourth president, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since the winter of 1986.

Cook Hall is one of "Altgeld's castles": it was designed toward the end of the administration of Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld. [1] Altgeld was a German native who favored Gothic Revival architecture.

The building's original purpose (as well as its name) was "Gymnasium". It was eventually converted for other uses as larger gyms were constructed on campus. It currently houses the School of Music.

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1. ^ ^{a b} NRIS Database^{[dead link]}, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved Jan. 2007.