Seminary Square
Initial buildings on Seminary Square campus, ca. 1840. Building on Left: Seminary Building and later known as the College Building - completed in 1824. Cost of building was $2,400. The building was a 2 story brick structure with a stone foundation. From 1825 to 1836, the Seminary Building was the center of all activities on campus.
Center building: Constructed in 1836; This building served as the main campus building until 1854 when it was destroyed by fire. For a small town in southern Indiana, this building though common in appearance, was a grand place. The first floor contained a large (50 X 65 foot) room that served as a chapel and auditorium for university and town events. This chapel was supported by six poplar spindle shape columns that were two feet in diameter at their widest point. The building was 3 stories high, had 19 room, with a basement, an attic, and a cupola with a bell. It housed the library, labs, recitation rooms, and faculty offices, and it provided student housing and an armory room for the City of Bloomington.
Building on Right is a Laboratory constructed in 1840.
Also on the campus at this time were a Professor's House erected in 1824 and a Boarding House constructed in 1838.
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1840
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Floor plan of College Building built in 1836 on Seminary Square Campus
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Boarding House on Seminary Square
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Seminary Square
Building on left was constructed in 1855 and was used by Literary Department. $10,000 or almost half of the total cost of the building was donated by the people of Bloomington and Monroe County. In 1897 this building and the old campus were sold to the city of Bloomington for public school purposes at a cost of $10,500. From 1897-1914, this building served as the Bloomington High School.
Building on right is Science Hall constructed in 1873 and destroyed by fire in 1883.
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ca. 1880
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Site Plan of Seminary Square campus
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Lab in Science Hall on the Seminary Square campus
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College Building constructed in 1836 on the Seminary Square Campus
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Literary Building constructed in 1855 on the Seminary Square campus
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Science Hall on the Seminary Square campus
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Owen Hall
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ca. 1900
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