Historical Marker
Austin Hall
Historical marker location:
Huntsville, Texas
( Sam Houston State University)
Marker installed: 1936
Austin Hall, the original building of Austin College, erected in 1851 and used continuously for educational purposes by Austin College to 1876, by a private academy from 1876 to 1879, by Sam Houston State Teachers College from 1879.
The first domed stadium in the world, the Astrodome, was built in Houston in 1965 and hosted numerous sporting events and concerts over the years.