Editing Gustavus Adolphus College (section)

===Renaming===
[[File:View of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN.jpg|thumb|left|View of the campus c. 1905]]
In April 1873, the college was to be renamed Gustavus Adolphus Literary & Theological Institute in honor of King [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]] once the final location and buildings were secured. A delegation of residents from [[St. Peter, Minnesota|St. Peter]] won favor from the founders to relocate there as a result of an economic crisis and the town's offer of $10,000 and donation of acreage for a larger campus.

Courses were initially to start in 1875, but slow progress on constructing the first campus building, Old Main, delayed the opening. On October 16, 1876, Gustavus Adolphus College opened at the location it has today. It is the oldest of several Lutheran colleges founded in Minnesota. It was founded as a college of the [[Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church]]. In 1962, it became affiliated with the [[Lutheran Church in America]] when the Augustana Synod merged into that body. The Lutheran Church in America merged in 1988 to create the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]].