History
Old Main was built as a result of the University Bill, passed by the Wyoming Territorial government. In a compromise among territorial legislators, Laramie was given the University, Cheyenne was given the capitol, and Evanston was given $10,000 to build an insane asylum. All three cities were at the time fast-growing centers in their area connected by the railroad.
Territorial Governor Francis E. Warren appointed three Laramie residents to a building commission (J.W. Donnellan, LeRoy Grant and Robert Marsh) and allocated $50,000 to build the first University Building in the Wyoming Territory. The building commission contracted Frederick Hale to design and Cook and Callahan to construct the building.
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