Founder's Hall (Lancaster, Massachusetts)
Founder's Hall | |
Location | Lancaster, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°26′42″N 71°41′10″W / 42.44500°N 71.68611°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1883 |
Architect | Barker & Nourse |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 80001678 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 14, 1980 |
Founder's Hall, also known as Haskell Hall, is a historic academic building on the campus of Atlantic Union College in Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1883, it is the oldest educational building constructed for a Seventh-day Adventist school. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Description and history[edit]
Founder's Hall is set near the center of the Atlantic Union College campus, located on the west side of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 70) in South Lancaster. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame building, with a hip roof and a projecting gable section topped by a square tower. The tower has an open upper level, with arched openings supported by square posts. A shed-roof porch extends across the projecting section, with ornate Victorian trim.[2] Its only major external modifications have been the addition of small exit doors which provide access to an iron fire escape staircase.[3]
Originally known as South Lancaster Academy, the school was established in 1883 by Stephen N. Haskell, an elder of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church. The building was designed by Worcester architects Barker & Nourse, and is the oldest educational SDA facility standing. It was built using mainly donated labor, from wood cut nearby.[3] The building has seen a succession of educational uses, housing the music department and religion center, as well as a collection of SDA memorabilia. The institution changed names, first to Lancaster Junior College, and then to Atlantic Union College,[2] whose administrative offices it now houses.
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Founder's Hall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Founders' Hall". National Archive. Retrieved 2017-10-08.