University of Florida Campus Historic District

University of Florida Campus Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
University Auditorium, a contributing property to the district[1]
Location	Gainesville, Florida
Coordinates	29°39′1″N 82°20′38″W / 29.65028°N 82.34389°WCoordinates: 29°39′1″N 82°20′38″W / 29.65028°N 82.34389°W
Area	650 acres (2.6 km^2)
Built	1906-1939
Architect	William Augustus Edwards; Rudolph Weaver
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Other
NRHP Reference #	89000322[2]
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1989

The University of Florida Campus Historic District is a historic district on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The district, bounded by West University Avenue, Southwest 13th Street, Stadium Road and Gale Lemerand Drive, encompasses approximately 650 acres (2.6 km²) and contains 11 listed buildings plus contributing properties. On April 20, 1989, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. On June 24, 2008, additional information was approved which resulted in the addition of 6 contributing properties (5 buildings plus the Plaza of the Americas to the district.)^[3][4]

Listed buildings in the district

Note: These were all designed by William Augustus Edwards, although Rolfs Hall was finished by Rudolph Weaver.^[5]

Anderson Hall, 1913 Bryan Hall, 1914 Buckman Hall, 1905-1906 Flint Hall, 1910 Griffin-Floyd Hall, 1912 Library East, 1926

Newell Hall, 1910 Peabody Hall, 1913 Rolfs Hall, 1927 Thomas Hall, 1905-1906 Women's Gymnasium, 1915

Contributing properties in the district

Note: These were designed by Rudolph Weaver, except for University Auditorium, which was designed by William Augustus Edwards.

Dauer Hall, 1936 Fletcher Hall, 1938-1939 Infirmary, 1931 Leigh Hall, 1927

Murphree Hall, 1939 Sledd Hall, 1930 University Auditorium, 1922[6] Walker Hall, 1927

Added in 2008

Carlton Auditorium, 1954 Century Tower, 1953 Tigert Hall, 1949

Florida Gymnasium, 1949 Matherly Hall, 1952 Plaza of the Americas, 1925

Other campus buildings on the National Register

Note: These are outside the district:

The Hub, Stadium Road between Buckman Drive and Fletcher Drive Norman Hall, east of S.W. 13th Street, designed by Rudolph Weaver

Old WRUF Radio Station (now the University of Florida Police Department headquarters, designed by Rudolph Weaver Weil Hall Yulee Area

Destroyed buildings in the district

• Johnson Hall (originally known as University Commons) was UFs original dining hall. Located west of Dauer, it was designed by William Augustus Edwards, built 1912 and burned 1987. The Academic Advising Center now occupies the site.
• Old Benton Hall (originally the Engineering Building), was designed by William Augustus Edwards, built 1911 and demolished 1966. Grinter Hall, built in 1971, now occupies the site.
• Original Post Office, third building on campus, demolished before 1977 to make way for General Purpose Building A, now Turlington Hall.^[7]

Campus landscaping

Looking north across the plaza, towards Library West

Looking south across the plaza, towards the Auditorium

In 1927 Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. did a landscape plan for UF. In 1931 the central plaza became the Plaza of the Americas.^[8]

See also

• Buildings at the University of Florida
• List of Registered Historic Places in Alachua County, Florida
• Murphree Area

References

1. University Auditorium
2. Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. National Park Service Weekly Update on July 3, 2008
4. Gainesville Sun July 16, 2008
5. UF Historic Campus: Rolfs Hall
6. UF Historic Sites Guide: University Auditorium
7. Tate, Susan, Preservation and Compatible Growth of a Twentieth Century Campus: The University of Florida, p. 61
8. UF Historic Campus Brochure and Map: 2 pages

External links

• Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs - Alachua County
• Historic Markers in Alachua County
• University of Florida Historic Sites Guide
• UF Preservation Plan & Guidelines for Rehabilitation & New Construction
• UF Historic Campus Brochure and Map: 2 pages