Old Main Village 301 South 5th Street Mankato, MN 56001

Old Main sat at the center of the original Mankato Normal School (now Minnesota State University, Mankato). This building was built in 1922 after a fire destroyed the original building. Several of the buildings that surround Old Main were once part of the original campus. The Government Center served as Lincoln Library and the Nichols building, Cherry Ridge and Colonial Square apartments were Searing, Buck and Cooper dormitories. As the University grew they expanded on top of the hill in 1958 operating a "highland campus" and "valley campus" (also Known as lower campus) until 1980.