Old Main

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Old Main is a common term for a building on American university campuses. Some examples:

• Old Main (Arizona State University), the first building on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona
• Old Main (Baylor University), the first building on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas
• Old Main (Bethany College), a National Historic Landmark building on the Bethany College campus in West Virginia.
• Old Main (Geneva College), the first building on the campus of Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
• Old Main (Knox College), the only existing site of the 1858 senatorial debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
• Old Main (Marshall University) the oldest building still standing on the Marshall University campus in Huntington, West Virginia.
• Old Main (Minot State University), a building on the campus of Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota.
• Old Main (Minot State University-Bottineau), a building on the campus of Minot State University-Bottineau in Bottineau, North Dakota.
• Old Main (Mississippi State University), historic dormitory on the campus of Mississippi State University destroyed by fire in 1959
• Old Main (Pennsylvania State University), a building on the campus of Pennsylvania State University
• Old Main (Shippensburg University), the first building on the campus of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
• Old Main (SUNY New Paltz), the first building on the campus of the State University of New York at New Paltz.
• Old Main (Texas State University), the first building built on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas
• Old Main (Vassar College), a National Historic Landmark building on the campus of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York
• Old Main (University of Arkansas), the first building on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Old Main (Utah State University), a building on the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah
• Old Main (Wayne State University), a historical building on the campus of Wayne State University, which originally housed the Detroit Central High School