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}} The University of Notre Dame's Main Administration Building (known as the Main Building or the "Golden Dome") houses various administrative offices, including the Office of the President.〔University of Notre Dame, Sights and Sounds: Main Building, http://www.nd.edu/campus-and-community/sights-sounds/virtual-tour/〕 Atop of the building stands the Golden Dome, the most recognizable landmark of the University. ==History== Construction of the first Main Building began in 1864 and was completed in 1865. It was to be 160 feet long, 80 feet wide, and 90 feet high; it was six stories high and had a dome at the top. The architect was Mr. Thomas from Chicago, and most of the workers who built it were brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. Classes were taught on the third floor, while the fourth and fifth floors were dormitories. The building stood for 14 years before being destroyed by a great fire on April 23, 1879. The entire building was destroyed, but the nearby church was spared. The school closed immediately and students were sent home. University founder Rev. Edward Sorin and the president at the time Rev. William Corby immediately planned for the rebuilding of the structure that had housed virtually the entire University. Donations for the rebuilding of the college came from alumni, people of Saint Mary's College, South Bend, and Chicago. "By all means we must bring upon these new foundations the richest blessings of Heaven, that the grand edifice we contemplate erecting may remain for ages to come a monument to Catholicism, and a stronghold which no destructive element can ever shake on its basis or bring down again from its majestic stand.〔Circular Letter No. 96 from Fr. Sorin to the Holy Cross Community, May 23, 1879. http://www.archives.nd.edu/circulars/CLO1-1879-05-01.pdf〕 The University took action by selecting a new design by Willoughby J. Edbrooke and commencing construction on the 17th of May. The construction was very rapid due to the zeal of workers and volounteers. By June 21st the first story was completed, and by June 28th they completed the second. the fouth of July saw the completion of the third. The building was completed before the fall semester of 1879. Fifty-six bricklayers and 4,350,000 bricks were necessary to complete it, and once finished it stood 187 feet tall.〔University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Archives, http://archives.nd.edu/main.htm〕 The halls were wide and it was considered hygenic, since they had installed a ventilating system unequalled in any public building in America at the time. The Golden Dome was the last thing to be finished, with the iron framework, the panels and the columns supporting the dome, being added during the summer of 1882 and the dome itself was finished in September. The statue of Mary was hoisted in October. It was a gift from the sisters of adjacent Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame's sister school.〔University of Notre Dame, Sights and Sounds: Golden Dome, http://nd.edu/campus-and-community/sights-sounds/virtual-tour/main-building-int/#tour-nav〕 It was gilded in 1886 and crowned with a 19 feet tall statue of "Our Mother", the namesake of the university. The statue was designed and furnished by the girls of the nearby St. Mary's College, and it is a replica of the statue of Mary in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, erected by Pius IX. It was designed by Chicago artist Giovanni Meli.〔http://archives.nd.edu/hope/hope13.htm〕 The dome was last re-gilded in 2005. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Main Administration Building (University of Notre Dame)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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