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Texas Technological College Historic District

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Built
  
1924-1951

Area
  
44 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
96000523

Added to NRHP
  
1996

Texas Technological College Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by University Avenue, 19th, Flint, and 6th Streets. Lubbock, Texas

Architectural style
  
Mission Revival architecture

Similar
  
Texas Technological College, Linda and Terry Fuller Track, John Walker Soccer C, Administration Building, Lubbock Lake Landmark

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The Texas Technological College Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The 110-acre (0.45 km2) district is made up of 27 contributing properties, 4 non-contributing properties, 1 contributing structure, 1 contributing object, and 1 contributing site.

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Former buildings

Several buildings from the original 1920s construction period have been demolished including the original Bookstore (pre-existing when the campus land was purchased for the college), the 1925 Cafeteria (which became the book store in 1930 and was consumed by 1950s construction enlarging the store), the 1926 Agriculture Building (known as the Speech Building by 1942 and as the Speech Laboratory Theater by 1964, demolished 1983), the 1926 Athletic Field House and Assembly Hall (later known as the Gymnasium, demolished 1984), the 1926 Textile Engineering Annex (later known as Mechanical Engineering Shops), the 1927 Poultry Plant, and several green houses, frame sheds, pens, fences, and other small buildings associated with the agricultural area of campus.

References

Texas Technological College Historic District Wikipedia


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