Old Centre

Date Built: 1820, renovated in 1991

Current Use: Admission Welcome Centre, offices of the president, vice president for academic affairs, and vice president for college relations, as well as meeting rooms and a classroom.

This Greek Revival structure is the 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. It is a Kentucky Landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

 


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Last updated 8/19/08
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