The University of Florida Campus Historic District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from cer ...

on the

campus A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-li ...

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 ...

Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, which had a population of 339,247 in ...

. The district, bounded by West University Avenue, Southwest 13th Street, Stadium Road and Gale Lemerand Drive, encompasses approximately and contains 11 listed buildings plus

contributing properties In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...

. On April 20, 1989, it was added to the

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 ...

. On June 24, 2008, additional information was approved which resulted in the addition of 6

(5 buildings plus the Plaza of the Americas to the district.)

Listed buildings in the district

:''Note'': These were all designed by

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 ...

, although Rolfs Hall was finished by

Rudolph Weaver Rudolph Weaver (April 17, 1880 – November 10, 1944) was an American architect, university professor and administrator renowned for various buildings that he designed in Florida, Idaho and Washington, many of which are academic. Early life, w ...

Contributing properties in the district

:''Note'': These were designed by

, except for University Auditorium, which was designed by

Added in 2008

Other campus buildings on the National Register

:Note: These are outside the district:

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.

Campus landscaping

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

References

External links

Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs - Alachua CountyHistoric Markers in Alachua County

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070315184015/http://www.facilities.ufl.edu/cp/pdf/UF_Historic_Campus.pdf UF Historic Campus Brochure and Map: 2 pages {{DEFAULTSORT:University Of Florida Campus Historic District National Register of Historic Places in Gainesville, Florida University of Florida William Augustus Edwards buildings Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida 1989 establishments in Florida