University Hall, Brown University - View this location on map Built in 1771, this is the oldest university building and, until 1832, the only structure on the campus: the structure contained dormitory rooms, lecture and recitation rooms, the chapel, the library, and the dining hall. It is also significant for its association with Horace Mann (1796-1859), one of the founders of the American system of free public school, who graduated from Brown University in 1819. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Historical

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