Old WRUF Radio Station explained

Old WRUF Radio Station
Coordinates:	29.6533°N -82.3433°W
Built:	1928
Architecture:	Tudor Revival
Added:	September 21, 1989
Refnum:	89001479

The Old WRUF Radio Station (later the University of Florida Police Department headquarters) was a historic site in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It was located on the University of Florida campus (on the southeast corner of Museum Road and Newell Drive). On September 21, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The building was demolished in 2021 to make way for a larger, more modern UF Public Safety Building.^[1] In lieu of demolition, an option to move the Old WRUF Radio Station a few hundred feet away was considered, but the cost to perform the move was estimated to be about $300,000.^[2] Construction on the UF Public Safety Building began in April 2021.^[3]

See also

• Buildings at the University of Florida
• University of Florida
• WRUF (AM)
• WRUF-FM

External links

• Alachua County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Alachua County listings at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
• 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
  • UF Builds: The Architecture of the University of Florida
  • Old WRUF Radio Station

Notes and References

1. Web site: New UF Public Safety Complex Will Honor Historic Building Legacy . 11 March 2021 .
2. Web site: Project Case Report - Old WRUF Radio Station .
3. Web site: UF-200 New Public Safety Building and Centrex Building Renovation .