Morrill Hall (Cornell University)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Morrill Hall, Cornell University
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin = New York


caption =
location= Ithaca, New York
lat_degrees = 42 | lat_minutes = 26 | lat_seconds = 55.25 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76 | long_minutes = 29 | long_seconds = 8.14 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1866
architects= Harlow Wilcox & Cyrus K Porter
architecture= Second Empire, Other
designated= December 21, 1965 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=418&ResourceType=Building
title=Morrill Hall, Cornell University|date=2007-09-15|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000576

Morrill Hall at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, is a building that was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000576.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Morrill Hall] |207 KB|author=S. Sydney Bradford |date=January 22, 1976|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000576.pdf Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1976, and drawing from 1866.] |1.15 MB] The building is named in honor of Justin Smith Morrill, who as Senator from Vermont was the primary proponent of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act which greatly assisted the founding of Cornell University.

Morrill Hall was the first University building to be constructed on campus and was originally named South Hall. The primary building material is Ithaca bluestone. An early Cornell professor said that the building "could only be improved by dynamiting it".

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