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 Old Castle Hall - Baldwin City, Kansas Posted by:  iconions
N 38° 46.669 W 095° 11.080
15S E 310225 N 4294387
The Old Castle Hall is located at 513 5th St in Baldwin City - just north of Elm Street.
Waymark Code: WMW9WR
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2017
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OLD CASTLE HALL, in which the college’s first classes were held, is preserved on campus as a monument.
- Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State, 1939 -- pg. 373
Old Castle Hall, a crudely quoined three-story rubble stone building, originally consisted of only two stories. The third story was added later then afterwards torn off because of poor mortar joints; it was then added for a second time and remains to date.
A simple rectangular plan is carried through to the straight gable roof. All window and door openings are heavy stone lintels and sills.
The second and third floor levels are clearly visible because of the beams which extend through the exterior wall surfaces, The old two story roof line is also clearly visible on the backside of the structure.
Although the interior has been renovated many times over the years, the existing plan and interior are considered to be very close to the original conditions.
- National Register Application
(picture of man leading an oxen team pulling a wagon)
BAKER UNIVERSITY
The First College in Kansas.
Erected this building and
opened its door for instruction
November 22, 1858
Werner Renick Davis, President
The trustees realizing
their financial inability to
construct a building
to meet their dreams of the
future requirements of
the college,
erected this building here as a
temporary educational center
rather than on the campus
which had
been already designated.
The Class of 1891 erected this tablet
on its fiftieth anniversary.
- Marker Text next to Door
Book: Kansas
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 373
Year Originally Published: 1939
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