Founder's Hall (Lancaster, Massachusetts)

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Founder's Hall
Atlantic Union College - Founder's Hall.jpg
Founder's Hall (Lancaster, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Founder's Hall (Lancaster, Massachusetts)
LocationLancaster, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°26′42″N 71°41′10″W / 42.44500°N 71.68611°W / 42.44500; -71.68611Coordinates: 42°26′42″N 71°41′10″W / 42.44500°N 71.68611°W / 42.44500; -71.68611
Arealess than one acre
Built1883
ArchitectBarker & Nourse
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.80001678 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 14, 1980

Founder's Hall, also known as Haskell Hall, is a historic academic building on the campus of Atlantic Union College in Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1883, it is the oldest educational building constructed for a Seventh-day Adventist school. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Description and history[]

Founder's Hall is set near the center of the Atlantic Union College campus, located on the west side of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 70) in South Lancaster. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame building, with a hip roof and a projecting gable section topped by a square tower. The tower has an open upper level, with arched openings supported by square posts. A shed-roof porch extends across the projecting section, with ornate Victorian trim.[2] Its only major external modifications have been the addition of small exit doors which provide access to an iron fire escape staircase.[3]

Originally known as South Lancaster Academy, the school was established in 1883 by Stephen N. Haskell, an elder of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church. The building was designed by Worcester architects Barker & Nourse, and is the oldest educational SDA facility standing. It was built using mainly donated labor, from wood cut nearby.[3] The building has seen a succession of educational uses, housing the music department and religion center, as well as a collection of SDA memorabilia. The institution changed names, first to Lancaster Junior College, and then to Atlantic Union College,[2] whose administrative offices it now houses.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Founder's Hall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  3. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Founders' Hall". National Archive. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
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