Campus of Minnesota State University

[3] Downtown, the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center is used for their men and women hockey teams.

[5] In 1868, the Second State Normal School began in rented space by Professor George M. Gage in the Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Mankato.

[7] This building allowed school officials to transition from borrowed space in the Mankato downtown and begin to host collegiate faculty in earnest.

Old Main included many different features such as a student union, the original bookstore, administration offices, the first Experimental School, library and auditorium.

To this day the Old Main building holds the historic cornerstone along Jackson Street that has a large inscription that reads "State Normal School 1868".

[9] Under the administration of Dr. Clarence L. Crawford, the school began to plan and then construct a new campus high upon the river bluff on the edge of the City of Mankato.

It was built using primarily late 1960s modernist style using brick facade with locally mined Kasota stone.

The historic buildings from the early century of Minnesota State were sold or donated to private businesses and non-profit organizations.

It serves as a reminder of the institution's history and as a symbol of the school's extensive contribution to education in the community and the State.

[11] In addition to this, the student association also organizes the Maverick Shuttle a paratransit option and Stomper Express which runs exclusively at night.