Old Main
Posted by: vhasler
N 29° 53.363 W 097° 56.347
14R E 602435 N 3307000
Historical marker to left of front doors of first building on Texas State campus.
Waymark Code: WMKKPT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2014
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The marker is seen by the front doors of the original building when Texas State was first established as a teachers' college.
It is proposed that the original 1963 marker which read: Prominently sited on land given by the city of San Marcos for the construction of a state teachers' college, this structure was completed in 1903 to serve as the administration building for Southwest Texas Normal School. The Victorian Gothic structure features a pyramidally roofed tower at each of the four corners. Other prominent elements include the steep gables, arched windows, dormers, and roof finials. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1963 was replaced with one of equal size, but having the new text given below, when LBJ returned to sign the Higher Education Act of 1965.