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The Main Building (known colloquially as The Tower) is a structure at the center of the University of Texas at Austin campus in Downtown Austin, Texas, United States. The Main Building's 307-foot (94 m) tower has 27 floors [1][2][3] and is one of the most recognizable symbols of the university and the city. [citation needed]
The university's Old Main building in 1903. On March 30, 1881, the Texas legislature organized the structure of the university and called for a popular vote to determine its location. [21] Austin was chosen as the site with 30,913 votes, while Galveston was designated for the medical department.
An official ceremony began construction on what is now referred to as the Old Main Building in late 1882 on the original "College Hill." The university finally opened its doors on September 15, 1883. [21] The old Victorian-Gothic Main Building served as the central point of the campus's 40-acre (160,000 m 2) site, and was used for nearly all ...
The Union Building (also known the Texas Union Building or Student Union Building) [1][2] is a building on the University of Texas at Austin campus, serving as a "college independent community center" or "living room" for students. [3][4] Designed by Paul Cret, who also designed the Tower and Main Building, Goldsmith Hall and Texas Memorial ...
The University of Texas tower shooting was an act of mass murder which occurred on August 1, 1966, at the University of Texas at Austin.The perpetrator, 25-year-old Marine veteran Charles Whitman, indiscriminately fired at members of the public both within the Main Building tower and from the tower's observation deck.
5/28/1981. The Littlefield House is a historic home in Austin, Texas, on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The home was built in 1893 for Civil War veteran George Littlefield, who was a successful businessman in the bank and cattle trades and a major benefactor to UT. It was designed using the popular Victorian style at a cost of ...
Sutton Hall, originally called The Education Building, is a building on the University of Texas at Austin campus, serving as one of the four buildings supporting the School of Architecture, the others being Battle Hall, West Mall Building, and Goldsmith Hall. It was designed by Cass Gilbert, who also designed Battle Hall, the architecture ...
Landmarks grew out of a 2005 policy, Art in Public Spaces, [1] that was approved by The University of Texas System Office of the General Counsel and the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. The policy set a goal of one to two percent of the capital cost of new construction and major renovations of main campus buildings for the ...