Old Main (Marshall University)

Old Main is a collection of five buildings joined together at central campus of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.

In the 1820s, several local farmers constructed a one-room log cabin that was named the Mount Hebron Church that was used for worship.

[5] Just three years later, another addition was completed on the west side; a veranda was also constructed that ran the entire length of the structure.

The new three-story "College Building" was built seventy-five feet west of the original Maple Grove complex.

Its most distinguishing feature is the large brick tower that contained an observation platform at the top.

[7] In late December 1897, the new female dormitory, "Normal Hall", was completed; it was accepted by the Board of Regents the following year.

In 1937, the building, which had no official name prior, was coined Old Main in a Marshall College catalog.