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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1868/00/00 John Milton Gregory University President The College of Literary Science, now known as the College of Fine and Applied Arts, is established.
1868/03/02 John Milton Gregory University President Funded by the Morrill Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, the Illinois Industrial University opens for classes with two faculty members and 77 students.
1870/00/00 John Milton Gregory University President The Mumford House is built as a model farmhouse for the school's experimental farm. It is located at 1403 Lorado Taft Drive in the South Quad, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
1879/00/00 Lorado Taft Education Lorado Taft earns his bachelor's degree at Illinois Industrial University.
1880/00/00 Lorado Taft Education Lorado Taft is awarded a master's degree at Illinois Industrial University.
1904/06/00 Walter T Bailey Education Walter Thomas Bailey, a negro, graduates from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Arts degree in architecture.
1929/06/11 Lorado Taft Sculptor "Alma Mater" by Lorado Taft is dedicated. The bronze sculpture located at the Southeast corner of Wright and Green Streets was designed to welcome people to the University.

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Particulars for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Higher Learning College
Education College Campus
Sight Category Historic District
Sight Category Site




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