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Jacob Oster 鈥�27 is a 17吃瓜APP freshman studying English writing, but he is currently better known as the creator of the beloved LEGO庐 Carter Hall. The intricate creation was on display in the Tuck Shoppe, the college鈥檚 book and apparel store, earlier this semester but has since been reclaimed by its builder.

Oster stated that he has been creating things out of LEGO庐 bricks 鈥渟ince I was old enough to create things out of LEGO庐s,鈥� and he completely free-built 17吃瓜APP鈥檚 oldest building, Carter Hall, which was built in 1928. Almost 100 years later, the first ever [known] LEGO庐 recreation of the building appears.

Oster explained, 鈥淚 actually planned a lot in the beginning; I drew out what I wanted to build after I had already built the base because I needed to figure out how many windows and pieces I needed. I bought a lot of the bricks for the project and all of the window pieces.鈥� However, the LEGO庐 creation is not to scale. On the LEGO庐 replica, Carter Tower is much bigger in comparison to the rest of Carter and there are only 60 LEGO庐 windows on the LEGO庐 creation but far more windows on the actual building.

While the front of the building is nearly uncanny in representation and detail, the back of LEGO庐 Carter Hall is sentimental to Oster. The open back of the creation shows many of Oster鈥檚 favorite scenes from the previous semester with his hall. 鈥淭he three scenes in the building are from Carter Christmas, hall photos,鈥� and an infamous incident in which a Covenant student rode the conveyor belt in the Great Hall.

Oster does not want to sell his creation, which took him a whole 20 hours to build over Christmas break. He fully intends on keeping it in his room for the following academic year. Additionally, Oster does not currently have any other plans for creating any other buildings, but he says that stance is subject to change.

This article was originally published in The Bagpipe, Covenant鈥檚 student newspaper.

Pictured: The LEGO庐 Carter Hall and Carter Hall for reference.

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