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Lincoln Hall is one of the eleven buildings that make up the main Quad of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The building's exterior depicts scenes of the life of Abraham Lincoln. The building houses the departments of Philosophy and Sociology, as well as the offices of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Funding for the Lincoln was approved by the Illinois State Legislature in 1909, was ready for occupation in 1911, and was finally dedicated on 12 February 1913. There were two subsequent additions to the building, in 1929 and 1939.
A bronze plaque with the text of the Gettysburg address hangs in the East entrance to the hall. Also in that entryway is a bronze bust of Lincoln, the nose of which is more polished than the rest of the sculpture due to many students rubbing it for good luck. Ten quotes and ten scenes from Lincoln's life adorn the exterior of the four-story building.
The South courtyard is a memorial to those University of Illinois students who died in the First World War, dedicated by the classes of 1918 and 1919.
In 2005, the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois placed Lincoln Hall on its yearly Ten Most Endangered list.
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