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Old Main

Pennsylvania State University’s first building of major significance
Organization school_building Q7084431
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Old Main

Summary

Old Main is a school building[1].

Key Facts

  • Old Main is located in Penn State University Park[2].
  • Old Main is in the country of United States[3].
  • Old Main's instance of is recorded as school building[4].
  • Old Main's architect is recorded as Charles Klauder[5].
  • Old Main is owned by Pennsylvania State University[6].
  • Old Main's architectural style is recorded as Federal architecture[7].
  • 1863 marks the founding of Old Main[8].
  • Old Main's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.7965, 'longitude': -77.8629}[9].

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Founding

1863 marks the founding of Old Main[8].

Ownership

Old Main is owned by Pennsylvania State University[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Alpacaaviator · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → school building
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q1244442]]"
  2. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap way id → 35026793
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10689]]: 35026793, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/35026793 in United States"
  3. 5w ago · Alpacaaviator · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1863-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Penn State University Park
    Image → Penn state old main summer.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 1863"
  4. 5w ago · Alpacaaviator · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architectural style → Federal architecture
    Inception → +1863-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Architect → Charles Klauder
    Significant event → architectural reconstruction
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P793]]: [[Q1370468]]"
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