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Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University

Coordinates: 40°50′20″N 96°38′58″W / 40.83889°N 96.64944°W / 40.83889; -96.64944 (Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University)
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Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University
The building in 2007
Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University is located in Nebraska
Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University is located in the United States
Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Location50th and St. Paul Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska
Coordinates40°50′20″N 96°38′58″W / 40.83889°N 96.64944°W / 40.83889; -96.64944 (Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University)
Arealess than one acre
Built1887 (1887)
ArchitectGibbs & Parker
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.75001097[1]
Added to NRHPMay 21, 1975

Old Main is a historic three-story building on the campus of Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was built in 1887–1888, and designed in the Romanesque Revival style by Gibbs and Parker.[2] It was the administration building on the NWU campus until 1975.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 21, 1975.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Janet Jeffries (March 25, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University". National Park Service. Retrieved May 20, 2019. With accompanying pictures