Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL was founded in 1860. The college's motto is "For Christ and His Kingdom." Wheaton's "Old Main," Blanchard Hall was built in four sections beginning in 1853 and was completed in 1927. Named for Jonathan Blanchard, the College's founder and first president, and his son, Charles Blanchard, the second president, the building is the oldest and most recognized on campus..The building's castle-like architecture was patterned after buildings at Oxford University which Dr. Jonathan Blanchard admired. It is constructed of native Illinois limestone that was quarried in Batavia, Illinois.
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