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 ...

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 ...

You may have noticed the temporary fencing that's gone up around Illini Hall at 725 Wright St. It's the first step of a $192 million transformation of ... Jan. 23—What work will we see this ...

Which is why Altgeld Hall’s fundraiser this coming Saturday is more crucial than ever. Landmarks such as Altgeld, the Alma Mater, Foellinger Auditorium and the Illini Union are strangely the faces of ...

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 ...

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 ...

University of Illinois Housing pastry chef Eric Larson works on a wall panel for a gingerbread version of Altgeld Hall he created for Chancellor Robert Jones' annual holiday video greeting.