Tarleton State University

Table of Contents

Locations

  1. Homecoming 2024

    1. Lighting of the Smokestack/Announce the Court

      Sunday, October 6th
      7:30 PM-10:00 PM
      Smokestack/P5 Parking Lot


      Built in 1923 at a cost of $4,500.00, the smokestack is located on the northeast corner of the campus. Legend has it that a student from NTAC flew over the campus and threw a brick inside the stack. The smokestack is no longer in use, but remains a Tarleton landmark. The Smokestack was restored in 1998 with “Tarleton” painted down the side. A single brick was unearthed from the bottom of the smokestack during a maintenance inspection in spring 2009.