Pentacrest

Bounded by Clinton, Madison, Jefferson, and Washington Sts., Iowa City, Iowa. County/parish: Johnson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 29, 1978. NRIS 78001230.

4 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • See Also:Old Capitol

From Wikipedia:

Pentacrest

The Pentacrest is the Old Capitol and a collection of four buildings on the campus of the University of Iowa that surround the Old Capitol — Jessup Hall, Macbride Hall, MacLean Hall, and Schaeffer Hall — on a four-block-sized parcel of land in Iowa City, Iowa. The Old Capital exhibits the Greek Revival style while the four buildings that surround it display Beaux-Arts architecture.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75339222

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