Template:Did you know nominations/Little Campus

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:22, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Little Campus

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Main building of the Little Campus

... that the University of Texas at Austin's Little Campus (pictured) was previously used as an asylum for the blind, a hospital for the senile, and a residence for General Custer? Source: "The Texas Legislature appropriated 100,000 acres ... for the establishment of an asylum for the blind. ... Immediately after the Civil War General Armstrong Custer and his family used the facilities as a residence..." ("NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY – NOMINATION FORM (74002091)" (PDF). National Park Service. August 13, 1974.) "The buildings were used as the State Hospital for the Senile for a few years following the war..." ("A Guide to the UT Little Campus Dormitory Collection, 1929-1933, 1962-1990". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin.)

Reviewed: Andreas Großmann

Created by Bryanrutherford0 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:27, 27 June 2018 (UTC).

Newly created article with 4k characters of prose. Hook is short enough and supported by the citations. Image is relevant and freely licensed. hinnk (talk) 20:04, 30 June 2018 (UTC)