A Waco Winter

ID: 2927 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Texas Collection; Turner, Don. “Waco Hall: Brick, Stone, and Steel.” The Baylor Lariat. April 28, 1969. The Texas Collection.
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A Waco Winter

An icy relationship developed between the City of Waco and Baylor University prior to the construction of Waco Hall. When city officials in Dallas offered Baylor $1.5 million and 1,000 acres of land to relocate their campus, Wacoans reacted quickly, announcing a plan to raise $1 million for Baylor in the next seven years. Their initial funds supported the construction of Waco Hall.

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By Allie Roberts
Without the construction of Waco Hall, Baylor University might reside in Dallas, Texas. In the early 1900s, some Baylor representatives pushed for the university to relocate and had already placed parts of the institution in Dallas, including the…