Built between 1895 and 1899, Altgeld Hall was originally called the "Castle on the Hill," built by Charles E. Brush of Chicago. The general contractor was William J. McAlpine. Construction started ...

University students woke up to legendary news on Monday morning, as the Illini Union Board announced in an Instagram post that there would be, at long last, a Dairy Queen at Altgeld Hall. Fueling from ...

Tucked past three flights of steep staircases, the chimes room in Altgeld Hall is home to shelves of handwritten music, wooden pedals connected to wire cables and the Altgeld Ringers, a group of ...

Sue Wood plays the chimes at the University of Illinois’ Altgeld Hall, Urbana, in July 2015. The longtime Altgeld chimesmaster, who retired from the duty in 2016, died Oct. 6. Reporter Sue Wood ...

A long overdue facelift on Altgeld Hall is underway on the University of Illinois campus, and it’s giving us a peak into its past. I tried club sandwiches from Subway, Jimmy John's, and Jersey ...

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's Altgeld Hall was completed in 1897 by architects Nathan Clifford Ricker and James White. The Board of Trustees initially adopted the classical ...

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Three of the five — those at the University of Illinois, NIU and SIU — all share the same name: Altgeld Hall in honor of John Peter Altgeld, the state’s 20th governor. Legend has it that ...

The State of Illinois and its flagship public university are marking the beginning of a new phase of a construction and renovation project that’s been ongoing since 2023. The Illinois Capital ...

Last April, the entire Altgeld Gardens complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. That led some to think the Memorial Wall would be preserved. But City Hall is in demolition ...