Sledd Hall
United States historic place
Sledd Hall
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Location | Gainesville, Florida |
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Built | 1929 |
Sledd Hall is an historic student residence building in Murphree Area on the northern edge of the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida . Built in 1929, the dormitory was designed by architect Rudolph Weaver in the Collegiate Gothic style. It is a contributing property in the University of Florida Campus Historic District .
Sledd Hall was dedicated to the university's first president, Andrew Sledd , who served from 1905 to 1909. For the first ten years of its existence, the building was known as "New Dormitory," and it was renamed following Sledd's death in 1939. [1]
Sledd Hall is one of several University of Florida buildings that appear in the Sean Connery film Just Cause as a stand-in for the campus of Harvard University .
See also
References
- ↑ University of Florida Foundation, Named UF Facilities, Andrew Sledd Hall . Retrieved November 4, 2015. Sledd Hall was originally known as "New DormitoryDormito_!!;"_" when its construction was completed in 1929. Id.
External links
- Virtual tour of University of Florida Campus Historic District at Alachua County's Department of Growth Management
- The University of Florida Historic Campus at UF Facilities Planning & Construction
- George A. Smathers Libraries
29°39′02″N 82°20′43″W / 29.6505768°N 82.3453447°W / 29.6505768; -82.3453447
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