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Historically important urinals located at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Architecture Hall
According to Nebraska Alumni Association spokeswoman Andrea Cranford, the Hinsdale urinal in the bathroom of the Architecture Hall is the oldest and largest urinal west of the Mississippi River. Its only competition is another Hinsdale located in the Old Town Bar in Manhattan, N.Y...
Halloween and urinals now have something in common. On Thursday, the college held its annual Hinsdale celebration. The celebration is in honor of the two Hinsdale urinals and is also a Halloween costume party...
Toilet paper and Christmas lights hang from the link of Architecture Hall Friday night as part of the Hinsdale celebration in honor of the large Hinsdale urinals in the men's bathroom - the only ones of their kind west of the Mississippi...
Perhaps one of the most obscure campus landmarks, it’s worth the walk to Architecture Hall to see a pair of the largest – and oldest – urinals west of the Mississippi River. You’ll know it’ when you see it – a quote from Hamlet is engraved on its door. Patented in 1910, Arch Hall’s Hinsdale competes with one other Hinsdale in the nation, located in the Old Town Bar in Manhattan, New York.
“Home of the famous Hinsdale urinal, one of the oldest and largest stand-up wizz-stops west of the Mississippi River. It’s practically a rite of passage for any Cornhusker to relieve themselves at this porcelain monument while reading a poem by Nebraska Poet Laureate William Kloefkorn, engraved on a plaque on the wall. The ultimate bathroom experience. You’ll know it’s the right bathroom – a quote from Hamlet is engraved at its door. No joke.” ~Becky Osborn