Old Centre, view of facade

Old Centre, view of facade

This Greek Revival structure is Centre College’s first building. It has been used for classrooms, and as a student dormitory, a library, a law school, a cafeteria, and a grade school. During the Civil War it was used as a hospital first by Confederate troops and then by Union soldiers after the Battle of Perryville. Old Centre is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and included in the Smithsonian Guide to Historic Places. It is Kentucky’s oldest continuously operating academic building.Built: 1819.
Renovated: 1991
Address: 625 West Walnut Street, Danville, Ky. 40422

R.D. Crutchfield, Robert Russel, Jr.

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built 1820

Centre College Visual Resource Center, COIL database
http://coil.centre.edu/

COIL, ID:02015

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Ann Silver

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