University of Florida Campus Historic District

Infobox nrhp2 | name =University of Florida Campus Historic District
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caption = University Auditorium, a contributing property to the districtt [ [http://performingarts.ufl.edu/venues/university-auditorium University Auditorium] ]
location= Gainesville, Florida
locmapin = Florida
area = 650 acres
built =1906-1939
architect= William Augustus Edwards; Rudolph Weaver
architecture= Late Gothic Revival, Other
added = April 20, 1989
governing_body = State
refnum= 89000322cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The University of Florida Campus Historic District is an historic district on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The district, bounded by West University Avenue, Southwest 13th Street, Stadium Road and North-South Drive, encompasses approximately 650 acres and contains 11 listed buildings plus contributing properties. On April 20, 1989, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. On June 24, 2008, additional information was approved which resulted in the addition of 6 contributing properties (5 building plus the Plaza of the Americas to the district. [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20080703.HTM National Park Service Weekly Update on July 3, 2008] ] [ [http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080716/NEWS/297371036/1002/news01&title=Nine_sites_added_to_UF_s_historic_district Gainesville Sun July 16, 2008] ]

Listed buildings in the district

:"Note": These were all designed by William Augustus Edwards, although Rolfs Hall was finished by Rudolph Weaver [ [http://www.ppd.ufl.edu/HistoricCampusWebsite/hcRolfs.htm UF Historic Campus: Rolfs Hall] ]

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. [ [http://www.international.icomos.org/madrid2002/actas/59.pdf Tate, Susan, Preservation and Compatible Growth of a Twentieth Century Campus: The University of Florida, p. 61] ]

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. [ [http://www.facilities.ufl.edu/cp/pdf/UF_Historic_Campus.pdf UF Historic Campus Brochure and
] ]

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Alachua County, Florida
* Murphree Area

References

External links

* [http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/places/Counties/Alachua.cfm Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs - Alachua County]
* [http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/markers/markers.cfm?ID=alachua Historic Markers in Alachua County]
* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/historic.htm University of Florida Historic Sites Guide]
* [http://www.ppd.ufl.edu/HistoricCampusWebsite/UFCampusHistoricPreservationGuidelines.html UF Preservation Plan & Guidelines for Rehabilitation & New Construction]
* [http://www.facilities.ufl.edu/cp/pdf/UF_Historic_Campus.pdf UF Historic Campus Brochure and
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