Garrison Hall (abbreviated GAR) is a building located on the

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campus. It is named after George Pierce Garrison (1853–1910), the history department's first chair and a founding member of the Texas State Historical Association."An Architectural History of Garrison Hall"
by Henry Wiencek, October 12, 2012, notevenpast.org Construction began in 1925 and finished the following year. In 1927, the University separated the Department of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

out of the Department of

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

, and moved Psychology out of Garrison Hall and into

Sutton Hall Sutton Hall may refer to any of the following places: *Sutton Hall (University of Texas at Austin), The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture *John Sutton Hall, Indiana University of Pennsylvania * Sutton Hall, Little Sutton, a coun ...

, where it would share space with the Department of Educational Psychology for the next 25 years. Important figures in

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, including

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, Travis,

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and Lamar, are set in stone along the hall, while walls under the building's

eaves The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural styl ...

contains cattle brands.

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1926 establishments in Texas Buildings and structures completed in 1926 University of Texas at Austin campus {{Texas-stub