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Old Main is the oldest building on the campus of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Completed in 1857, it is a distinctive Gothic Tudor design of Swedish architect Charles Ulricson . It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 as one of the few surviving sites to host one of the famous 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debates .
George Washington Gale (1789–1861), founding father of Knox College Old Main, the oldest building on the campus of Knox College. Knox College was founded as Knox Manual Labor College by Presbyterians and Congregationalists from New York state organized by George Washington Gale, who previously had founded the Oneida Institute. [3]
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Knox College may refer to: Knox College (Illinois), a liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, US; Knox College (Jamaica), a junior school, high school, and community college in Spaldings, Jamaica; Knox College, Otago, a hall of residence and school of ministry at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Knox College donated some of the books from its library collection, and several Knox alumni served as faculty of The Presbyterian College. Historical photo (date unknown) of the current Knox College building that opened in 1915. In 1875, Knox College moved to a new Gothic-revival building at 1 Spadina Crescent, and operated as the main seminary ...
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Taylor joined the Knox College Board of Trustees in 1998 and served as its chair from 1999-2001. He became interim president in 2001, after the departure of Knox's 17th president, Richard Millman, and was officially installed as president of Knox College in October 2002. He served in that role until retiring in 2011.