First University Building

On this site in 1891, the city of Denton erected a building to be leased to President Joshua C. Chilton, for the use of the privately owned Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute, which he had opened the year before in a business building downtown. The 10-acre campus became state property in 1901. President Chilton's college thus was forerunner of North Texas State University. The old Normal building was struck by lightning and burned, 1907. This marker is dedicated on the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the university.

First University Building is a historical marker in Denton, Denton County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 110 historical markers documented in Denton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 174 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.2143, -97.1482 near Denton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Historical Building (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Evers House, Rayzor-Graham House, and James Newton and Eva Tabor Rayzor House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5121006964. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.