Blanchard Hall is a building located on the campus of Wheaton College

Wheaton College (Illinois)

Wheaton College is a private, evangelical Protestant liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago in the United States...

 in Wheaton

Wheaton, Illinois

Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County, Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Wheaton is the county seat of DuPage County...

, Illinois

Illinois

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. Construction of the building began in 1853, and the building was completed in 1927. The building takes its name from Jonathan Blanchard

Jonathan Blanchard (Wheaton)

Jonathan Blanchard was a pastor, educator, social reformer, abolitionist and the first president of Wheaton College, which was founded in 1860.-At Wheaton College:...

, the founder of Wheaton College, and his son Charles A. Blanchard

Charles A. Blanchard

Charles A. Blanchard was the second president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He succeeded his father, Jonathan Blanchard, to the office in 1882 and served Wheaton in that capacity until his death, in 1925....

. The limestone for the building was quarried form Batavia, Illinois

Batavia, Illinois

Batavia was founded in 1833, and is the oldest city in Kane County, Illinois, with a small portion in DuPage County. During the Industrial Revolution, Batavia became known as ‘The Windmill City’ for being the largest windmill producer of the time...

, and the architecture is based on buildings at Oxford University. The building features a 1,000-pound copper bell with the school's motto engraved on it. It is currently used by the Humanities

Humanities

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 and Social Sciences

Social sciences

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 departments, Human Resources

Human resources

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, Accounting, and also houses the offices of the President, Provost

Provost (education)

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, and Chief Financial Officer

Chief financial officer

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