Thomas Hall, built in 1905, is a historic building located in Murphree Area on the campus of the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

in Gainesville,

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. The building is named for

William Reuben Thomas William Reuben Thomas (May 24, 1866 - September 10, 1943) was a politician and businessman from Gainesville, Florida. Background Thomas was a native of Gainesville, Florida. After graduating college he became a teacher at the East Florida Se ...

, the Gainesville mayor and businessman responsible for bringing the University of Florida to Gainesville.McCarthy, Kevin M. and Murray D. Laurie (1997). ''Guide To The University of Florida'', page 163. Pineapple Press, Inc. Architect

William Augustus Edwards William Augustus Edwards, also known as William A. Edwards (December 8, 1866 – March 30, 1939) was an Atlanta-based American architect renowned for the educational buildings, courthouses and other public and private buildings that he design ...

designed Thomas Hall in the

Collegiate Gothic Collegiate Gothic is an architectural style subgenre of Gothic Revival architecture, popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries for college and high school buildings in the United States and Canada, and to a certain extent Europ ...

style.

Buckman Hall Buckman Hall is a historic building located in Murphree Area on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It was designed by architect William A. Edwards in the Collegiate Gothic style and opened in 1906 as one of ...

was built at the same time and the two are the oldest buildings on the campus. On October 1, 1974, Thomas Hall was added to the

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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. Thomas Hall has been used as a

dormitory A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university s ...

for many years.

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Alachua County listings
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National Register of Historic Places

Alachua County listings
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Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs

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Alachua County's Department of Growth Management

The University of Florida Historic Campus
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UF Facilities Planning & Construction

George A. Smathers Libraries

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National Register of Historic Places in Gainesville, Florida Buildings at the University of Florida William Augustus Edwards buildings University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida University and college buildings completed in 1905 1905 establishments in Florida {{AlachuaCountyFL-NRHP-stub

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