Southwestern University Main Building
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N 30° 38.023 W 097° 40.055
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This medallion and plate is mounted on the exterior wall near the cornerstone of the building, facing E. University in Georgetown.
Waymark Code: WMPDM6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2015
Views: 3
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Main Building, Southwestern University
Address: 1000 E. University
City: Georgetown
County: Williamson
Subject Codes: educational buildings; Romanesque/Richardsonian Romanesque (Architectural style)
Year Marker Erected: 1962
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: 1000 E. University Ave. (SH 29), Georgetown
Marker Size: Medallion and plate
Marker Number: 9342
Marker Text:
Oldest structure on permanent campus. Planned 1895-97 as chapel, library, classrooms, offices, when the regent (president) was Dr. J. H. McLean (1838-1925); built 1898-1900 under regent R. S. Hyer (1860-1929). From throughout the state came building fund gifts, which even included land from plantation of late Texas president Sam Houston.
Neo-Romanesque style. Builders, Flume & Waterston (from British Isles), had worked on State Capitol.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962
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