Pentacrest

Pentacrest
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Old Capitol, center of the Pentacrest
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Location	Bounded by Clinton, Madison, Jefferson, and Washington Sts. Iowa City, IA
Coordinates	41°39′41″N 91°32′09″W / 41.66139°N 91.53583°W / 41.66139; -91.53583
Built	1842 (Old Capital), 1898
Architect	John F. Rague (Old Capital), Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	78001230 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 29, 1978

The Pentacrest is the Old Capitol and a collection of four buildings on the campus of the University of Iowa that surround the Old Capitol — Jessup Hall, Macbride Hall, MacLean Hall, and Schaeffer Hall — on a four-block-sized parcel of land in Iowa City, Iowa. The Old Capital exhibits the Greek Revival style while the four buildings that surround it display Beaux-Arts architecture.