Posted by Carolyn Christian Dunn on: Oct 06, 2024 at 5:11 PM 

OLD MAIN AND SHEVLIN HALL

Last week I got an e-newsletter from the University of Minnesota Libraries; I get them periodically. These photos I copied and the end paragraph might interest you all. 120 years ago this Fall, Old Main was destroyed by fire. It was one of the original buildings at the U. I what I thought might interest you all is a couple of the photographs look as if they were taken from the front steps of the future Peik Hall. I recognized the white columns of Burton Hall. As the article noted, Shevlin Hall was eventually built on the same location with a boulder-with-plaque marking the original Old Main. More than a few of us remember hot and cold lunches in Shevlin Cafeteria, in the lower level!

“Today as you walk through campus and pass by Shevlin Hall, you will find a historical marker made out of stone. This plaque was installed in 1932, on what was the former site of the building (3). To learn more on the history of Old Main, as well as other buildings on campus,

check out the University of Minnesota Archives’ Information Files Collection. The collection holds information on the history of campus buildings throughout the University’s history, including that of Old Main.”  (see images below)