Academic Hall was the original main building of the University of Missouri. It was dedicated in 1843 and destroyed by fire in 1892. Academic Hall's six Ionic columns, today known as The Columns, stand
Academic Hall as it appeared after original construction
Academic Hall, after the addition of wings in 1885
The cornerstone in Jesse Hall Rotunda
The destruction of Academic Hall by fire on Saturday evening, January 9, 1892
The University of Missouri is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missou
Academic Hall
…Academic Hall was the original main building of the University of Missouri. It was dedicated in 1843 and destroyed by fire in 1892. Academic Hall's six Ionic columns, today known as The Columns, stand on Francis Quadrangle as…
Journalist Marguerite Martyn visited the campus in 1910 and sketched these two fashionable students.
The Center for Missouri Studies is a headquarters, museum, and research facility for the State Historical Society of Missouri.