Knox College campus, Galesburg, Illinois. County/parish: Knox.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000323.
1 contributing building.
Old Main is the oldest building on the campus of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Completed in 1857, it is a distinctive Gothic Tudor design of Swedish architect Charles Ulricson. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 as one of the few surviving sites to host one of the famous 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debates. The building underwent a major restoration in the 1930s, which modernized its interior and restored its exterior.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891610