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Morrill Hall, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
County of Tompkins.
Cornell University Campus
National Register Number: 66000576
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Educational facility - related. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2004.
Congressional District: NY-22 Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: University building; www.cornell.edu/campus/infobase/morrill.hall.html..
Web Site: www.cornell.edu/campus/infobase/morrill.hall.html.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 21, 1965):
Constructed in 1866-68, this was the original building of Cornell University. Cornell's founding marked a revolution in American higher education, for it offered training on the basis of equality among the disciplines to prepare students for useful careers in the post-Civil War era. Named for the author of the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862.


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