Academic Building -- College Station, TX
N 30° 36.946 W 096° 20.447
14R E 754921 N 3390034
A local historic plaque on the side of the academic building on the campus of Texas A&M University
Waymark Code: WMP4WG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/01/2015
Views: 4
This plaque was placed on the Academic Building in observance of the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now better known as Texas A&M University.
The sign reads as follows:
"ACADEMIC BUILDING
The Academic Building (1914) was designed by campus architect Frederick E. Gieseke, ’86 and Samuel E. Gideon, after old Main was destroyed by fire in 1912. The Beaux-Arts classical design is a four-story reinforced concrete structure faced with brick, and crowned with a copper dome. The front facade has four Ionic columns supporting the classical pediment. Exterior cast stone belt course, Lynn told, cornices, columns and panels are made of red granite aggregate made on the construction site. The interior rotunda is framed by 26 Doric columns, with a mosaic of the University seal in the floor (1978), and houses a Liberty Bell replica presented to the college in 1950."
Group that erected the marker: Texas A&M University
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Old Main at Houston St
College Station, TX
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