Old Main (Dakota College at Bottineau)

Old Main, constructed in 1907–1908, is a historic building at Dakota College at Bottineau (previously named Minot State University–Bottineau), a two-year college in Bottineau, North Dakota. The building previously housed the North Dakota School of Forestry. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Old Main, North Dakota School of Forestry
State School of Forestry at Bottineau, c. 1911
Old Main (Dakota College at Bottineau) is located in North Dakota
Old Main (Dakota College at Bottineau)
Old Main (Dakota College at Bottineau) is located in the United States
Old Main (Dakota College at Bottineau)
LocationAlexander St. (N of terminus with 1st St. E), Bottineau, North Dakota
Coordinates48°50′3″N 100°26′25″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1907
ArchitectShannon, Joseph A.; White, Edmund
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.06000532[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 01, 2006

History

In 1889, the North Dakota legislature desired to build a forestry school. Bottineau was chosen as the location in 1894. The state legislative assembly raised $25,000 in 1907, then commissioned architect Joseph Shannon for the building, completed in 1908. The school was constructed in the Romanesque Revival style. The school's campus expanded over the years, but the original building kept its nickname of Old Main.[2]

Current status

A new addition has been constructed at Dakota College at Bottineau (then called Minot State University–Bottineau) and Old Main will be left vacant. People at the college are looking at ways to maintain the building and put it to a new use. It will be left vacant and minimally heated after faculty have moved into the new addition in August 2007. The building is considered endangered by Preservation North Dakota.[3]

Notes
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Old Main Building at Minor State University–Bottineau Listed in National Register of Historic Places, State Historical Society of North Dakota. September 15, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
  3. "2004 Most Endangered Properties". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-13.


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