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Charles Platt was the architect who developed the campus around Gregory Drive and who introduced the Neo-Georgian Revival style to campus about 100 years ago. He designed 11 buildings on campus and he proposed a master plan for the south end of the main Quad. Most of these buildings are now right around 100 years old. Most people have never heard of Charles Platt and yet he had a tremendous impact on our campus. The buildings he designed are Mumford Hall, David Kinley Hall, Evans Hall, Huff Hall, McKinley Health Center, Agricultural Bioprocess Laboratory, Library, Armory (addition), Architecture Building, Freer Hall and the President’s Hall. Gregory Drive runs near most of these buildings, providing the perfect backdrop to talk about Charles Platt and his architecture.

Dennis Craig, three-degree Illinois alumnus who is also a Bronze Tablet honoree, left the private sector as an architect to become the UI’s Campus Historic Preservation Officer. When he’s not managing projects to ensure the UI is compliant with the National Historic Preservation Act, he’s responding to inquiries like the one from a granddaughter of a contractor on the Mumford House or a woman whose great uncle carved one of the statues at Memorial Stadium. And of course, he’s the go-to person whenever a newly unearthed time capsule is discovered. (He thinks there are at least twenty or thirty still buried around campus.)

**NOTE: For logistical reasons, this SAS will be limited to the first 25 confirmed registrants.**

**Raindate: Friday May 1.**

If this event is full when you try to register, please email chp@illinois.edu to be placed on a waitlist.