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.Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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
Photo: Gobonobo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 430 feet north of Old Main.
Weisman Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 3,000 feet northeast of Old Main.
Rarig Center
Theater building
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1,800 feet north of Old Main.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cedar-Riverside and Seward.
Cedar-Riverside
Neighborhood
Photo: Psdanielxu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cedar-Riverside, also referred to as the West Bank, or simply Riverside, is a neighborhood within Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its boundaries are the Mississippi River to the north and east, Interstate 94 to the south, and Hiawatha Avenue and Interstate 35W to the west.
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.
University
Neighborhood
Photo: Bobak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
University is a neighborhood within the greater University community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is almost completely occupied by the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, hence the name.
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
850 feet (259 metres)Open location code
86P8XQ85+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 48814901OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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