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W. G. Cook  "Main Building State University" Bluebonnet

• • W. G. Cook
  • Texas Artist
  • Image Size: 5 x 10
  • Frame Size: 7.5 x 12.5
  • Medium: Oil
  • Circa 1920 Titled on Verso
  • "Main Building State University" Bluebonnet
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  The old Victorian-Gothic Main Building served as the central point of the campus's forty-acre site, and was used for nearly all purposes beginning in 1882. However, by the 1930s, discussions arose about the need for new library space, and the Main Building was razed in 1934 over the objections of many students and faculty. All that remains of the Old Main Building are its old chime bells (called the Burleson Bells[4]), which are now exhibited as part of a permanent display outside the university's Bass Concert Hall. The modern-day Main Building and Tower were constructed in its place