Current Building
On May 6, 2006, the Old Capitol Building was reopened to the public. The ground floor of the building is now a museum, with exhibits about the history of the building, the university, and the state of Iowa. University meetings and speeches can again take place at the Old Capitol, and as in the past, Ph.D. students often make their doctoral defenses in the chambers of the Old Capitol Building.
The Old Capitol sits in the middle of the Pentacrest, five buildings at the center of the University of Iowa's campus. The Old Capitol is surrounded by four other university buildings in an X pattern to form the Pentacrest. The four other buildings are Jessup Hall directly northwest of the Capitol, MacBride Hall to the northeast, MacLean Hall to the southwest, and Schaeffer Hall to the southeast.
The University of Iowa's official logo is a graphic representation of the Old Capitol dome.
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