Murphree Hall is a historic student residence building located in the
Murphree Area on the northern edge of the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...
campus in
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,212 in 2022. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gainesv ...
. It was designed by architect
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, wo ...
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 and completed in 1939.
[University of Florida, UF Historic Sites Guide]
Murphree Hall
Retrieved February 16, 2010. The building was named for
Albert A. Murphree, the university's second president, who served from 1909 to 1927. Major renovations, which included adding air conditioning, were completed in 2005, and the hall was rededicated and open for that fall semester.
[University of Florida, Housing and Residence Education]
Murphree Hall
Retrieved September 30, 2010.
Murphree Hall is a
contributing property
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 dist ...
in the
University of Florida Campus Historic District
The University of Florida Campus Historic District is a Historic districts in the United States, historic district on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The district, bounded by Florida State Road 26, West Univers ...
which was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on April 20, 1989.
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See also
* History of the University of Florida
The history of the University of Florida is firmly tied to the history of public education in the state of Florida. The University of Florida originated as several distinct institutions that were consolidated to create a single state-supported u ...
* List of University of Florida buildings
The University of Florida is the flagship, flagship university in the State University System of Florida and has many notable buildings located in cities including Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, and Orland ...
* List of University of Florida presidents
Eighteen men have served as the president of the University of Florida since the modern university was created from the consolidation of four predecessor institutions by the Florida state legislature in 1905. Of these, thirteen have served as t ...
* University of Florida Campus Historic District
The University of Florida Campus Historic District is a Historic districts in the United States, historic district on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The district, bounded by Florida State Road 26, West Univers ...
* University of Florida student housing
Student housing at University of Florida is governed by the Division of Student Affairs, and provides housing for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on and off-campus.
Approximately 8,100 students live in single-student residence ...
References
External links
University of Florida
- official website of the University of Florida.
Buildings at the University of Florida
Rudolph Weaver buildings
Historic district contributing properties in Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Gainesville, Florida
University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
1939 establishments in Florida
University and college buildings completed in 1939
Residential buildings completed in 1939
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