University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Fine Arts and Applied Arts

Architecture was originally a department of the College of Engineering 1 and was called the School of Architecture in 1871. 2 In 1915 it became the College of Architecture, separate from the College of Engineering. 3

The first drawing teacher was hired in 1871 4 and the School of Art first appears in the records in 1876. 5 The School of Design was proposed in 1876 6 and implemented in 1877. 7 In 1931 the title of the Department of Art and Design was changed to the Department of Art. 8

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