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Join us May 20, 2023, for the 46th Spring Tour:
Town & Gown: The Art and Architecture of Texas State University
When: Saturday, May 20, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: The campus of Texas State University
Cost: Tickets are $25 through May 19 (day-of-event tickets will be $30)
Parking/Check-In: Free parking locations, tour routes, and check-in locations will be posted here soon. Wristbands will be available at the check-in locations on the day of the tour. Golf carts will also be available for those with limited mobility.
Where: The campus of Texas State University
Cost: Tickets are $25 through May 19 (day-of-event tickets will be $30)
Parking/Check-In: Free parking locations, tour routes, and check-in locations will be posted here soon. Wristbands will be available at the check-in locations on the day of the tour. Golf carts will also be available for those with limited mobility.
Special opportunity for Texas State Alumni:
After the tour, the Heritage Association will partner with the Texas State Alumni Association for an Alumni Mixer!
More information coming soon!
After the tour, the Heritage Association will partner with the Texas State Alumni Association for an Alumni Mixer!
More information coming soon!
What does the Town & Gown Tour include?
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The Town & Gown Tour will feature stops at these locations (see map):
1) Bruce and Gloria Ingram Hall 2) Taylor-Murphy Hall (example of Art Deco style, with ornate zellige tile foyer) 3) Comal Building (Art Deco facade) 4) Historic Centennial Hall 5) Old Main, the University's first building, featuring ornately carved and fililgreed cathedral ceiling and filled with history 6) Wittliff Collections (located in the Alkek Library) 7) Flowers Hall (with its landmark Buck Winn mural, bright green floor, and wall tile foyer) 8) The Quad Points of Pride Sculptures (the Fighting Stallions, the Bobcat, annd the the LBJ and Vaquero statues) 9) The Memorial Garden (where Veterans and Alumni are honored) 10) Thornton International House (historic building on Wood Street) 11) Richard A. Castro Undergraduate Admissions Center (another historic home, where you can enjoy refreshments and music in the garden) |
Want to experience more? Sign up for a Makerspace Tour
Inside the Ingram Hall Makerspace, Texas State students turn ideas and dreams into reality. Sign up for a guided tour of this fascinating 11,000 square foot facility where students collaborate and create with 3D printers, PCB makers, rapid prototyping, welding, computer-integrated manufacturing, and much more. The 25-minute Makerspace tour is free of charge with your Town & Gown wristband, but registration is required and space is limited. Learn more about Makerspace on the Texas State website.
Complete and submit the form below to schedule a Makerspace tour. We will confirm your time via email. Thank you for your interest!
Complete and submit the form below to schedule a Makerspace tour. We will confirm your time via email. Thank you for your interest!
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
ELEANOR CROOK
JANE HUGHSON
JANE HUGHSON
Heritage Tours . . . making history fun since 1975!
The women who founded the Heritage Association didn't set out to save a town, they just wanted to save one significant structure. They knew that preserving the little rock house by the river (today's Charles S. Cock House Museum) was the right thing to do, so they created a home tour to raise money, and save it they did. Then their spirit spread, so that 42 years and hundreds of structures later, that same collective fervor underlies much of what our town still values.
Without it, today's San Marcos wouldn't have nearly its current charm. And with it, the fastest-growing city in America isn't just an exploding mass of chain stores and box apartments. It is a living monument to the beauty handed down to us by our ancestors. With one of the largest intact residential historic districts in the state, a thriving downtown, and a fiercely protected sparkling river, we can be proud that this town has a heart like none other.
Without it, today's San Marcos wouldn't have nearly its current charm. And with it, the fastest-growing city in America isn't just an exploding mass of chain stores and box apartments. It is a living monument to the beauty handed down to us by our ancestors. With one of the largest intact residential historic districts in the state, a thriving downtown, and a fiercely protected sparkling river, we can be proud that this town has a heart like none other.
