Principia College Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Principia College Historic District
nrhp_type =nhld


caption =
location= Principia College, Jersey County, Illinois, United States
nearest_city= Elsah, Illinois
locmapin = Illinois
area =
built = 1940
architect= Bernard Maybeck; Henry Gutterson
architecture= Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
designated= April 19, 1993cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2162&ResourceType=District
title=Principia College Historic District |accessdate=2007-10-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 19, 1993cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=93001605

Principia College Historic District, at Principia College, near the village of Elsah, Illinois, is a site significant for being the final phase of Bernard Maybeck's career as a designer of houses and public buildings. Maybeck designed thirteen buildings that were constructed at this site between 1931 and 1946. Eleven of those structures are still standing and are still in use today.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/93001605.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: ] |371 KB|date=, 19 |author= |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/93001605.pdf Accompanying photos, exterior and interior] |8.63 MB] , and was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places that same year.

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