Old Main Lives Onartifacts From Isu's 1st Building Aid Archaeology, History Project

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Old Main may be long gone from Illinois State University in Normal, but a new project reignites a passion for the first building at the state's oldest public university.

"It was a magnificent building," said archaeologist Jim Skibo who leads the project with ethnographer Gina Hunter. Both teach in the ISU sociology and anthropology department. "But Old Main is not gone. It lives on in the material culture left behind, and in the hearts of people who spent time there."

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Old Main Lives Onartifacts From Isu's 1st Building Aid Archaeology, History Project

Constructed between 1857 and 1861, Old Main was the epicenter of campus until its 1958 razing. It was the main academic hall for campus and held its administrative offices, as well as other functions.

The three-part Old Main Project ...

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