Texas Hall, Old Trinity University

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Texas Hall, Old Trinity University
LocationCollege and Westminster Sts., Tehuacana, Texas
Coordinates 31°44′38″N96°32′43″W / 31.74389°N 96.54528°W / 31.74389; -96.54528
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1871 (1871)
Architectural style Second Empire
NRHP reference No. 78002971 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1978

Texas Hall is a historic building on the former campus of Trinity University in Tehuacana, Texas, U.S.. The land was donated by John Boyd. [2] It was first designed in the Gothic Revival style by Joseph Schuster, and completed in 1871. [3] It was subsequently redesigned by architect James E. Flanders in the Second Empire style between 1886 and 1892. [3] Trinity University relocated to Waxahachie, Texas in 1902, and Westminster College moved into the building, up until 1942. [3] The building is now known as the Trinity Institute. [3]

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The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 12, 1978. [4]

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  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942, pp. 54-55
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About Us: History". Trinity Institute. Archived from the original on May 6, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Texas Hall, Old Trinity University". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 1, 2018.

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