Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois University is a state college situated in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Set up in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, an instructor's school offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University step by step ventured into a complete college with a wide educational programs, including Baccalaureate and Master's degrees in training, business, expressions, sciences, and humanities.

Eastern Illinois Normal School was set up by the Illinois State Legislature in 1895 "to prepare instructors for the schools of East Central Illinois." A 40 section of land grounds was procured in Charleston and the principal building was charged. At the point when the school started classes in 1899, there were 125 understudies and a 18 part faculty.
Old Main building

The primary building was done in 1899 and is called Old Main, however it is formally named the Livingston C. Ruler Administration Building to pay tribute to EIU's first president, who served from 1899 to 1933. Worked of Indiana limestone in a substantial Gothic restoration style with turrets, towers, and escarpments, its unmistakable blueprint is the official image of the school. Old Main is one of "Altgeld's palaces", five structures worked in the 1890s at the real Illinois state schools. Representative John Peter Altgeld was instrumental in subsidizing the Illinois college framework, and he was particularly enamored with the Gothic style. Eastern's "Old Main" and Illinois State University's Cook Hall are the main schools where the "palace" is not named after Altgeld. Other unique Gothic Revival structures incorporate Booth Library and Blair Hall. Blair Hall was restored after a heartbreaking flame in 2004. In fall 2008, the college opened the recently developed Doudna Fine Arts Center, outlined by global planner Antoine Predock. The 138,000-square-foot (12,800 m2) complex houses the music, theater, and visual expressions offices

Through the twentieth century, the school changed its name a few times with a specific end goal to mirror its move from an educators school into a muti-reason foundation that could be of more extensive administration to Illinois. Along these lines, Eastern Illinois State Normal School got to be Eastern Illinois State Teachers College in 1921, which then got to be Eastern Illinois State College in 1947. In 1957, the Illinois General Assembly changed the name of the establishment to Eastern Illinois University.