This photo journal, the first of several Austin articles, features two universities located close to downtown Austin - the large University of Texas & St Edward’s University.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS UT is one of the largest and most respected universities in the nation. It boasts 17 colleges & schools, 7 museums, & 17 libraries, 24,000 staff and faculty members, enrolment of 51,000 students, 450,000 alumni, a continuing education enrollment of 300,000 students, & some 2,000 degrees are awarded yearly. These
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Locator map
St Edward's University (A) is at 3001 South Congress Avenue. The...
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - Main Building (mb)
& Tower. At 307 feet, the 27-floor Tower can be seen from almost any...
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mb - closeup
The former Victorian-Gothic Main Building, which dated back to 1882,...
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mb - with Littlefield Memorial Fountain
in the foreground. A tower lighting system was devised to announce university...
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Littlefield Memorial Fountain (lf)
& perhaps Parliament Hall in the background. There are 6 similar...
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lf - side view
The sculpture is comprised of the prow of a ship (the Boat of America)...
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Battle Hall (bh)
The stunning building (my favorite) was designed in 1909-10 by New York...
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bh - The building was named in 1973
for Dr. William James Battle (1870-1955), the 6th president of the...
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bh - Part of the School of Architecture
complex which includes Sutton Hall. In February 2007, the American...
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Sutton Hall (sh)
built between 1915 & 1918, is another acclaimed campus building...
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sh - I think
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Garrison Hall
is home to the College of Liberal Arts & its nationally recognized...
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TS Painter Hall (ph)
was built in 1933 as the physics and astronomy building. In 1973 the...
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ph - The telescope is under the dome
The domed roof has a miniature astronomical observatory that is open to the...
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WC Hogg Building (1933)
is home to the Dept of natural Sciences.
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Dorothy Gebauer Building (gb)
has housed the College of Liberal Arts since April 2000. Built in 1904, it is...
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gb
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Waggener Hall (1931)
was named after Leslie Waggener the first university president. Originally...
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The striking Robert A Welch Hall (1929)
is home to the Dept of Chemistry. Before Welch Hall was constructed,...
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Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
sculpture by Mark di Suveroq titled Clock Knot.
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Molecular Biology Building
This contemporary 50,000 square foot building was completed in October 1997.
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Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (fac)
was named after former university president Peter T. Flawn in 1983. It is a...
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fac - The Torch Bearers sculpture
at the front of the building symbolizes "the passing of knowledge...
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Hogg Memorial Auditorium,
which was constructed in 1933, was the very first theater at UT Austin...
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Gregory Gymnasium
is the 4,400-seat current home of the University of Texas Longhorn...
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