National Historical Landmark- Main Building, Vassar College

Constructed between 1861-65, this is one of the earliest and most successful expressions of the Second Empire style in the United States, and one of the few remaining grand-scale examples of the style.

It was the original building for Vassar College, one of the first colleges for the education of women in the United States offering an education similar to that available to men at Yale and Harvard.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks