The Doane University Historic Buildings are located on the

Doane University Doane University is a private university in Crete, Nebraska. It has additional campuses in Lincoln and Omaha. Established in 1872, Doane is the oldest private university in the state of Nebraska. History Doane College was founded on July 11, ...

campus at 1014 Boswell Avenue in

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, United States. Listed on the

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as a

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, there are three buildings included: Gaylord Hall, Whitcomb Conservatory/Lee Memorial Chapel, and

Boswell Observatory 'Boswell Observatory'' is located at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. Built in 1883, it was primarily a time service observatory and student teaching observatory and is the oldest building on Doan's campus that remains functional today. The ...

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Gaylord Hall was built in 1884 as a women's dormitory. Boswell Observatory is a small structure built in 1883–84 to house Doane College's program in astronomy and meteorology. The Whitcomb Lee Conservatory was completed in 1907. The Whitcomb Lee Conservatory, also known as The Con, is a two-story building designed by the

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architectural firm of Dean and Dean in 1905. It was completed in 1907, and originally housed Lee Memorial Chapel and the music department. It is a five-sided brick building that. In 2005 the building was renovated, and currently provides facilities for the university's theatre department and speech team. The conservatory was winner of the 2005 AIA Nebraska Design Award for its restoration. Gaylord Hall was the third building constructed on the Doane College campus and was completed in 1884. Built in a late

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residential style, the hall was originally a residence hall for female students called Ladies Hall. It was renamed after Reverend Reuben Gaylord, a pioneer home missionary and Christian educator in Iowa and Nebraska. "Gaylord Hall" Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project. Retrieved 11/7/07. It is rumored by students to be haunted.

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Boswell Observatory, Doane College, Crete, Saline, NE
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