John W. Cook Hall
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| John W. Cook Hall | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 John W. Cook Hall
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| Location: | Normal, McLean County, Illinois, USA |
| Coordinates: | 40°30′33″N 88°59′32.5″W / 40.50917°N 88.992361°WCoordinates: 40°30′33″N 88°59′32.5″W / 40.50917°N 88.992361°W |
| Governing body: | Illinois State University |
| Added to NRHP: | February 20, 1986[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 86000268[1] |
John W. Cook Hall, or Cook Hall, is a building which resembles a castle on the Quad of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Cook Hall, named for the university's fourth president, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since the winter of 1986.
Cook Hall was designed toward the end of the administration of Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld. [1] Altgeld was a German native and architect who favored castle-like structures.
The building's original purpose (as well as its name) was "Gymnasium". It was eventually converted for other uses as larger gyms were constructed on campus. It currently houses the music department.
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- ^ a b NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved Jan. 2007.
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