Saints' Rest

Saints' Rest
Saints Rest's former location on campus.
General information
Type	Dormitory
Architectural style	Eclectic
Location	Sacred Space Michigan State University
Named for	The Saints' Everlasting Rest(1650 hymnal) byRichard Baxter
Completed	1856
Demolished	1876 (fire) Excavated in 2005
Design and construction
Architect(s)	John Clough Holmes
Website
Dig MSU

Saints' Restwas the second building erected on the campus of the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan (nowMichigan State University). It was built in 1856 and served as the school's onlydormitoryuntil 1870, when Williams Hall was completed. Along withCollege Halland a horse barn, it was one of three buildings completed when the college opened for classes in 1857.

As the campus's onlyresidence hall,the building had no official name. Students had a variety ofnicknamesfor it including "the hall", "the boarding hall", "old hall", or "the house". It was only after the hall burned that it acquired themoniker"Saints' Rest", which came from thePuritandevotionalThe Saints' Everlasting Rest,written byRichard Baxterin 1650.

The hall burned down during the December 1876 vacation despite the efforts of theLansingfire department,which made the run all the way from Lansing in only 45 minutes.

On June 6, 2005, a team of Michigan Statearcheologyprofessorsandstudentsbegan a six-weekexcavationon the site. The dig was part of MSU's 2005sesquicentennialcelebration.

References

• Kuhn, Madison. (1955).Michigan State: The First Hundred Years, 1855-1955.East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.ISBN0-87013-222-9.
• Miller, Whitney. (2002).East Lansing: Collegeville Revisited (Images of America).Arcadia Publishing.ISBN0-7385-2045-4.
• Stanford, Linda O. (2002).MSU Campus: Buildings, Places, Spaces.East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.ISBN0-87013-631-3.

External links

• Official University website
• Gone But Not Forgotten: Campus Buildings That No Longer Exist
• M.A.C. - Saints' Rest