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Old Sem

Jeff Siggins 1950s

Photo of Jeff Siggins standing in yard.

Jeff Siggins standing in yard at intersection of Third Street and Fifth Avenue. Old Sem … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Mount Vernon, Old Sem, South Hall

Old Sem

Photo of building known as Old Sem at Cornell College

Old Sem at Cornell College @1853. Photo 2017 In the summer of 1852 work was … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Old Sem

King Chapel and Old Sem

photo of King Chapel and Old Sem

R Thomas: What date should go with this picture?

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, King Chapel, Mount Vernon, Old Sem

Cornell Students on Campus

photo of Cornell Students on Campus

Female students walking by Old Sem science hall. Date @1910

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Old Sem, Who am I?, Women

Carnegie Library

photo of Carnegie Library

Full steps and no street light lamp posts Date @1915

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Old Sem, Who am I?

Old Sem

photo of Old Sem-1905

Old Sem with fourth floor (Mansard) added to original building in 1890s?. Discoloration on brick … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Old Sem

Old Sem

photo of Old Sem

Note fourth floor on Old Sem and dense Ivy cover Date @1920

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Old Sem, Who am I?, Women

Reading Room in Carnegie Library

photo of Reading Room in Carnegie Library

Note: electric lights and lamps Date @1915

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Carnegie Library, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Faculty, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Old Sem, Who am I?, Women

Cornell College Campus

photo of Cornell College Campus

Note: Original porch on Bowman – third floor on Old Sem (burned in mid 1920s). … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Bowman-Carter Hall, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, King Chapel, Mount Vernon, Old Sem

Cornell Buildings Postcard

photo of Cornell Buildings Postcard

Postcard of Bowman Hall, King Chapel, and Old Sem. Photograph Date @1910

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Bowman-Carter Hall, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, King Chapel, Mount Vernon, Old Sem, Postcard

Cornell Students at Old Sem

photo of Cornell Students at Old Sem

Unidentified students leaving and entering the science hall located in Old Sem. At this point … Read more …

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Cornell College’s Old Sem

photo of Cornell College's Old Sem

Old Sem” (sem is seminary or prep school), first building on Cornell campus (1853). Cornell … Read more …

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2 years ago

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission
The MVHPC partnered with the Linn County Historic Preservation Commission and the Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Development Group on the placement of two new informational kiosks about the history of the Lincoln Hwy in Lisbon and Mount Vernon. There was a commemoration at the Kiosk in Lisbon on Oct. 6 with a poem created for the event by Poet Laureate Amanda Kibbie. The MV Kiosk is located in Prairie Park next to the Cornell football field. The MV kiosk faces one of the last remaining brick portions of the Lincoln Hwy and is near the 10th Avenue Overpass. The overpass was built in approximately 1910 as a part of the Lincoln Hwy. Credit to Steven Ciha of the LCHPC for images. ... See MoreSee Less

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2 years ago

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UPDATE!!! Thanks to Jay and Arlie Willems, the circa 1910 glass negatives are now in the Mount Vernon Archives. We are grateful to Arlie and Jay for transporting the negatives and to Joe Burkart of Crestview Florida for donating them.Photo collectors in Crestview Florida have glass plate negatives of a photographer named Hodson who worked in and around Mount Vernon in 1910. The collectors have offered the negatives to the MVHPC. The plates are fragile and very heavy, so shipping them is not a good option. Is anyone planning to travel by car to Florida anytime in the next year and willing pick up these negatives in the panhandle of the state? If so, please send a message on this site to the site administrator. ... See MoreSee Less
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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission updated their status.

2 years ago

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