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Foley Hall was a historic building located on the campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Sugar Creek Township,
Vigo County, Indiana Vigo County ( ) is a county on the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 105,994 . Its county seat is Terre Haute. Vigo County is included in the Terre Haute metropolit ...
. The building consisted of a three-story, three wing, brick structure built in 1860, fronted by a -story,
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style
limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms wh ...
addition built in 1897. The building was topped by a flat roof with a large
cupola In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, fr ...
topped by a spire. It featured a two-story, central pediment supported by Corinthian order columns. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs Foley Hall was demolished in 1989. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 1985, and was delisted in 2019.


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University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Renaissance Revival architecture in Indiana School buildings completed in 1860 Buildings and structures in Vigo County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Terre Haute, Indiana 1860 establishments in Indiana 1989 disestablishments in Indiana Buildings and structures demolished in 1989 Demolished buildings and structures in Indiana Former National Register of Historic Places in Indiana {{VigoCountyIN-NRHP-stub