Former Trinity University - Tehuacana, TX
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N 31° 44.617 W 096° 32.742
14R E 732496 N 3514638
rom 1871 until 1902 Texas Hall housed the offices, classrooms and auditorium of one of the state's oldest colleges, Trinity University, at the school's original location.
Waymark Code: WMY9YV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
After Trinity moved in 1902, the building served from that time until 1950 as the main building for Westminster College, which later became one of Texas' first accredited junior colleges and from 1953-1972 as Westminster Junior College and Bible Institute.
Since 1972 the building has been empty. The building is sound structurally, but vandals have destroyed several windows and the roof had been damaged by wind and corrosion.
The four-story structure of locally cut, load bearing limestone walls, is a predominately Second Empire Style structure with Gothic details. Texas Hall was constructed in stages--a classroom block and auditorium wing built between 1871 and 1873, and two end pavilions which flank the main classroom block, constructed between 1873 and 1890. The stages were unified by a prominent mansard roof enclosing the fourth floor. In 1892 the four-story tower completed the composition.