Image: 1910

University of Texas Library (1910) Austin, Texas

From 1910 - 1922, Cass Gilbert served as the campus architect for the University of Texas. Gilbert's lasting accomplishments were the selection of the Spanish Renaissance style for its principal campus buildings, the layout of the south mall and the acclaimed designs of the original university library (now Battle Hall) and education building (now Sutton Hall).

Battle Hall served as UT’s main library for 26 years, as the repository of the University’s vast collection of Texana from 1950 until 1973, as the administrative offices for the College of Fine Arts from 1973 to 1981. It is still considered by many to be the architectural gem of the campus.¹

Currently both Battle Hall and Sutton Hall are part of the School of Architecture complex.

1. University of Texas Master Plan
<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/campusmasterplan/pdf/masterplan-3-spd.pdf>

Notes presented here for the University of Texas Library compiled by Andy Mickel.