The University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, was established in 1839. This later expanded to the statewide University of Missouri System.
The burning of Academic Hall
Journalist Marguerite Martyn visited the campus in 1910 and sketched these two fashionable students with the architectural columns behind them. At that time, the campus was known as Missouri State University.
Cornell Hall
Academic Hall
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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
History of the University of Missouri
…Station opened. This grew to encompass ten centers and research farms around Mid-Missouri. MU soon added schools of law and medicine. On January 9, 1892, Academic Hall, the institution's main building, fell victim to a disastrous fire rumored to have been caused by the first electric light bulb west of the Mississippi…
Academic Hall as it appeared after original construction
Academic Hall, after the addition of wings in 1885
The cornerstone in Jesse Hall Rotunda