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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
86003148

Added to NRHP
  
19 November 1986

Built
  
1877 (1877)

Opened
  
1877

Architect
  
Nathan Clifford Ricker

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Location
  
1305 W. Green St., Urbana, Illinois

MPS
  
University of Illinois Buildings by Nathan Clifford Ricker TR

Architectural styles
  
Second Empire architecture, Second Empire architecture in Europe

Similar
  
Kenney Gym and Kenney G, Natural History Building, Altgeld Hall, McFarland Carillon, University of Illinois Morrow P

Harker Hall, also known as the Chemical Laboratory, is a historic building on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Urbana, Illinois. Built in 1877, the building originally served as the university's chemical laboratory. Architect Nathan Clifford Ricker designed the Second Empire building, which originally featured a mansard roof. In 1896, a lightning strike set the roof on fire, and architect James White replaced it with a hip roof. The building was named Harker Hall in honor of Oliver A. Harker, who served as dean of the university's law school from 1903 to 1916. Until it stopped hosting classes, the hall was the oldest classroom building at the university.

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Map of Harker Hall, 1305 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1986.

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Harker Hall Wikipedia