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esign revolves around nature. Looking closely at the details of the outside walls, one can see designs of leaves, flowers, and natural shapes carved into the walls and pillars. Another typical feature of this style is the tower. The tower is the section of the building which overlooks the other parts of the structure. It is typically two to three levels higher than the “top” floor. With the Tudor style, the doors and window are more narrow and smaller. Arches are also a major part of the gothic style. These arches are typically pointed and placed at main points of interest. Focusing on all of these aspects, we can note the distinct design in the five Illinois castles. Looking closely at these colleges castles, we should see the natural design on the architecture as well as the great arches and towers.

 

Out of the five Illinois state schools, two of the “castles” are not named after Governor Altgeld. At Eastern Illinois University, they named their Altgeld inspired building after their first president Livingston C. Lord. At Illinois State University, their Altgeld inspired building was once known as “Altgeld’s Folly,” but is now known as Cook Hall (Wikipedia). The other three state schools include Altgeld’s name within their buildings name. These schools include Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Northern Illinois University at DeKalb. Each school has a different story and different mathematics behind them. We are going to focus mainly on Eastern Illinois University’s building “Old Main.” However, we will cover the basic history behind each of the other four state school’s buildings.

 

“Old Main” was the first building to be build for Eastern Illinois University. Therefore, before the construction of “Old Main” there was a lot of action that led to its distinct architecture. Before Eastern Illinois University was even built, there was a large competition between where the new state school would be located. Governor John Peter Altgeld helped create this new state school by “signing the act of the Illinois General Assembly which appropriated $50,000 for the establishment of Eastern Illinois State Normal School” (The Architecture of Eastern's Old Main, 7). “The contest to become the seat of the new normal school began with Mattoon, Paris, Danville, Shelbyville, Effingham, Kansas, Tuscola, Charleston, and more” (The Architecture of Eastern's Old Main, 8). A normal school is meant to train teachers how to perform the correct process of teaching. Not too long after Eastern Illinois State Normal School became a normal school, the school’s name changed to Eastern Illinois State College in 1947. Then in 1957, the school changed its name for the final time to Eastern Illinois University (The Architecture of Eastern's Old Main, 20). This is the name it has been ever since.

 

Eastern Illinois University was built in Charleston for one main reason. Charleston offered a great deal to the university if the campus was “build within two miles of the Coles County courthouse. Then the city donated 40 acres of land, $35,000 to $45,000 dollars to the school, city water, 4 fire hydra本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。