Battle Hall
The building was designed by New York architect Cass Gilbert in 1911, using a Spanish-Mediterranean Revival style. It served as the main library until the new main building was completed in 1937. It now houses the Architecture and Planning Library, the Alexander Architectural Archives and the Center for American Architecture.
The building's design, particularly its Spanish red tile roof, overhanging eaves and limestone walls, heavily influenced the 1933 master plan developed by Paul Cret, which in turn is a design requirement for new buildings on campus to this day.
By the 1940s, the university's archival collections had outgrown their facilities. The Board of Regents voted to use the Cass Gilbert Building as a library once again, and after 1950, the expanding collections were rededicated as the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center and moved into the "Old Library."
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination form" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission.
- ^ "Battle Hall". University of Texas Libraries. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ Hendrickson, Kenneth E. Jr. (2013). "Llerena Friend". Writing the Story of Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 92–93.
External links
- Battle Hall history
- The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture
- Architecture and Planning Library
- Alexander Architectural Archives