Old Main, constructed in 1907–1908, is a historic building at

Dakota College at Bottineau Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) is a public community college in Bottineau, North Dakota. Founded in as a forestry school, Dakota College's 35-acre campus is home to the North Dakota Forest Service Headquarters. It offers Associate of Applie ...

(previously named Minot State University–Bottineau), a two-year college in

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. The building previously housed the North Dakota School of Forestry. The building is listed in the

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History

In 1889, the North Dakota legislature desired to build a forestry school. Bottineau was chosen as the location in 1894. The state legislative assembly raised $25,000 in 1907, then commissioned architect Joseph Shannon for the building, completed in 1908. The school was constructed in the

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended t ...

style. The school's campus expanded over the years, but the original building kept its nickname of Old Main.

Current status

A new addition has been constructed at Dakota College at Bottineau (then called Minot State University–Bottineau) and Old Main will be left vacant. People at the college are looking at ways to maintain the building and put it to a new use. It will be left vacant and minimally heated after faculty have moved into the new addition in August 2007. The building is considered endangered by Preservation North Dakota.

Notes

School buildings completed in 1908 University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota Minot State University-Bottineau Romanesque Revival architecture in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Bottineau County, North Dakota 1908 establishments in North Dakota Education in Bottineau County, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-stub