University Building, College Avenue campus

Description:	People stand by the former University Building, which is being demolished. North Western Christian University, the original name of Butler University, was originally located near what is now the intersection of 13th Street and College Avenue in Indianapolis. Designed by architect William Tinsley, the University Building was designed in the Collegiate Gothic or Gothic Revival architectural style. Construction on the building began in 1854 and it was completed in 1855, with the first day of college classes beginning on November 1, 1855. The University Building was an L-shaped, three story building built of brick with stone quoins and additional stone details around the windows and between each story. The building could accommodate approximately 300 students. Inside, the central staircases were made of black walnut and there was room for a chapel, offices, four recitation rooms, and rooms for literary societies. Tinsleys original design was for a large central tower with wings on each side, but less than half of the original design was constructed. The University planned to expand the building as the school grew, but this never happened as the University moved to Irvington in 1875. Both the Indianapolis Orphans Asylum and the Physio-Medical College of Indiana occupied the building after the University moved, but after the Physio-Medical College closed in 1909, the building was demolished in 1910.
Origin:	1910
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/1495
Collection:	Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Geography:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.784381, -86.144685 39.784381 -86.144685
Subjects:	Butler University--History North Western Christian University (Indianapolis, Ind.)--History Tinsley, William, 1804-1885 Gothic revival (Architecture) Indianapolis (Ind.)--History College buildings College facilities Indianapolis Orphans Asylum Trees University Building College Avenue campus Physio-Medical College of Indiana Collegiate Gothic Demolition

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