Gebauer turns 100
By Byron LaMasters
This is cool. I never knew this Gebauer was that old. From an email today:
UT's Oldest Building Turns 100
(and there are lots of stories to tell!)
THE GEBAUER BUILDING CENTENNIAL OPEN HOUSE
and special photographic exhibit by Blake Justice
Friday, October 15th, 4 - 6:30pm at the Gebauer Building
Refreshments served starting at 4:30pm
Formal Birthday Ceremony at 5:00pm
Historic Tour conducted at 5:30pm
Sponsored by the UT Heritage Society of the Texas Exes in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Engineering
Nestled on the side of a hill just northeast of the Tower, the Gebauer Building is the oldest structure on the Forty Acres, and the first University building to survive a century. It has been a home for Journalism, Speech, the Dean of Students, and now the College of Liberal Arts, but the building was opened October 1, 1904 to house the "Engineering Department."
As the old Engineering Building, it boasted architectural drawing rooms on the top floor, hydraulics, mining and electrical labs in the basement, and classrooms, a photographic darkroom, and a library in between. Through the 1920s, engineers used the building to host all-university dances, class smokers and annual engineering banquets. Because of an ongoing "feud" between engineering and law students, the building has also seen its share of pranks and other shenanigans, including the colorful debut of Alexander Frederick Claire, the engineer's patron saint, in the spring of 1908.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at October 15, 2004 05:16 PM
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