Walker Hall (Gainesville, Florida) Explained

Walker Hall
Nrhp Type:	cp
Nocat:	yes
Location:	Gainesville, Florida
Built:	1927
Architect:	Rudolph Weaver
Architecture:	Late Gothic Revival

Walker Hall, originally known as the Mechanical Engineering Building, is an historic classroom building on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States. It was designed by Rudolph Weaver in the Collegiate Gothic style and was built in 1927 It was later named for Col. Edgar S. Walker, a civil engineering professor.^{[1] [2]}

Walker Hall is a contributing property in the University of Florida Campus Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1989.

See also

• University of Florida
• Buildings at the University of Florida
• Campus Historic District

External links

• UF Historic Sites Guide: Walker Hall

Category:University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida

Notes and References

1. McCarthy, Kevin M., and Laurie, Murray D., Guide to the University of Florida and Gainesville, 1977, Sarasota: Pineapple Press, p. 140-142
2. http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/xwalker.htm UF Historic Sites Guide: Walker Hall