Old Main

Old Main is a red-roofed Victorian Gothic building on the campus of Texas State University. Situated at one end of the quad, it was Texas State's first building, built in 1903, and remained the only building on campus until 1908.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: red-roofed Victorian Gothic building on the campus of Texas State University–San Marcos
  • Also known as: Main Building - Southwest Texas Normal School”, “Main Building, Southwest Texas Normal School”, and “Old Main - Southwest Texas State University
  • Address: 250 Old Main Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and UFCU Stadium.

Nature reserve
The , formerly Aquarena Springs and later the Aquarena Center, is an educational center in .

Stadium
is a football stadium on the campus of Texas State University in . It opened in 1981 and was expanded in 2011–2012 to its present 27,149-seat capacity. is situated 1 mile east of Old Main.

Railway station
is an intermodal transit center in with primary ridership towards Dallas–Fort Worth. 19.4% of ridership commutes locally. is situated 1 mile south of Old Main.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Marcos.

is a college town in the region of in the United States of America, about half an hour's drive south of the state's capital, .

Old Main

Latitude
29.88939° or 29° 53′ 22″ north
Longitude
-97.93891° or 97° 56′ 20″ west
Elevation
699 feet (213 metres)
Open location code
76X4V3Q6+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 45839122
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4716383
Wiki­data ID
Q7084432
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