Sherman Hall (Western Illinois University)

Sherman Hall (Western Illinois University)

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caption = Sherman Hall, 2006
location = Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, USA
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lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 27
lat_seconds = 51
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90
long_minutes = 41
long_seconds = 00
long_direction = W
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built = 1900
architect =
architecture = Classical Revival
added = May 20, 1998 [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm NRIS Database] , National Register of Historic Places, retrieved February 14, 2007.]
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Sherman Hall is the main administrative building of Western Illinois University and site of the original Western Illinois State Normal School in Macomb, Illinois.

Construction & Early History

Designed by Illinois architect Robert Watson, Sherman Hall is a three-story, mixed classical revival-style building. Construction on Sherman Hall began on December 21, 1900 [Morton, Dan. [http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/1998/10/02/News/Building.History-443237.shtml "Building History."] Western Courier, October 2, 1998. Retrieved February 23, 2007.] at the cost of $302,950.

Sherman Hall opened to the public in 1902 as the main building of Western Illinois State Normal School. Sherman Hall was the school's only building until Garwood Hall was built in 1914. At the turn of the 20th century, the hall contained classrooms, an auditorium, a gymnasium, a library, laboratories and administrative offices.

Renaming

The building was referred to as the "Main Building" until it was renamed in honor of Lawrence Sherman, an influential Macomb lawyer and speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, in 1956. [ [http://www.wiu.edu/connection/archive/1998/6.26.98.html#a Sherman Hall Designated on National Register of Historic Places] , Western Illinois University Campus Connection, June 26, 1998. Retrieved February 14, 2007.]

National Historic Place

Sherman Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 as "Western Illinois State Normal School Building." This listing also encompasses nearby Garwood Hall because it is linked to Sherman Hall by a passageway as well as the Western Illinois University Art Gallery because it was the original heating annex for Sherman Hall.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.student.services.wiu.edu/virtualtour/mainCampus/ A virtual tour of WIU featuring Sherman Hall]


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