State Normal School, Mankato, Minnesota, 1906 Print

Built in 1870, this stately building served as Old Main for the Minnesota Normal School aka State Teachers College until it burned in 1922. The Minnesota Normal School went through several name changes over the years and is now Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the state of Minnesota. The population was 44,488 according to the 2020 census, making it the 21st–largest city in Minnesota outside the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area

Image courtesy of Lakesnwoods, the Minnesota Community Guide.