Old Main
Old Main is a building on the campus of Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. It was built in 1901 at a cost of $35,000, designed by the St. Paul firm of Omeyer and Thori and built by Charles F.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: building on the campus of Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Also known as: “Old Main (1902-)”
- Historically known as: “New Main”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lindell Library and Weisman Art Museum.
Lindell Library
Library
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Lindell Library, also known as the James G. Lindell Family Library, is the academic library of Augsburg University, a liberal arts college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lindell Library is situated 130 metres north of Old Main.
Weisman Art Museum
Museum
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Weisman Art Museum is an art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1934 as University Gallery, the museum was originally housed in an upper floor of the university's Northrop Auditorium. Weisman Art Museum is situated 1 km northeast of Old Main.
Rarig Center
Theater building
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The Rarig Center is a brutalist theater, television, radio, and classroom building on the University of Minnesota's campus in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. Rarig Center is situated 530 metres north of Old Main.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seward and Stadium Village.
Seward
Neighborhood
Seward is a neighborhood in the Longfellow community of Minneapolis, Minnesota, located geographically southeast of downtown. It consists of the land bordered by the Hiawatha Avenue industrial district to the west, Minneapolis Midtown Greenway to the south, the Mississippi River to the east, and Interstate 94 to the north.
Stadium Village
Locality
Stadium Village is an area of Minneapolis, Minnesota near the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota. While not an official neighborhood of Minneapolis, the area is an important commercial district that serves university students with many bars and restaurants.
Phillips
Suburb
Phillips is a community in Minneapolis, just south of downtown. Traditionally, it was both a community and a neighborhood. Phillips is a diverse area in many ways: its population includes people of many nationalities; it has a mix of residential, commercial…
Old Main
- Category: university building
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.96565° or 44° 57′ 56″ northLongitude
-93.24202° or 93° 14′ 31″ westElevation
259 metres (850 feet)Open location code
86P8XQ85+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 48814901OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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