Grawemeyer Hall is a building located on the Belknap Campus (main campus) of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. The building was modeled after Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda on the grounds of the University of Virginia. Named for Charles Grawemeyer, a major benefactor to the university, the building now houses mostly administrative offices including the office of the university's president.[1]
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| Location | Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°12′54″N 85°45′37″W / 38.215113°N 85.760168°W |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Allied Architects of Kentucky |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Neoclassical |
| Part of | University of Louisville Campus |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000908 |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1976 |
The building was designed by the Allied Architects of Kentucky, a consortium of architects. Consortium members Frederic L. Morgan and Arthur G. Tafel were chiefly responsible for the design.[2]
On the steps of the building rests one of the original castings of Auguste Rodin's The Thinker. This casting is one of the few originals in the United States and the only one in the American South.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Grawemeyer Hall". Louisville.com.
- ^ William Morgan, "Morgan, Frederic Lindley" in The Encyclopedia of Louisville, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001): 626.
- ^ Team, UofL Web. "Grawemeyer Hall". University of Louisville.