Location Austin, TX NRHP Reference # 70000763 Phone +1 512-495-4645 Architect Cass Gilbert | Built 1911 Opened 1911 Added to NRHP 25 August 1970 | |
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Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other Address 78705, 302 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78712, United States Similar Sutton Hall, Goldsmith Hall, Garrison Hall, Benedict Hall, Union Building | ||
Battle Hall, also known as "The Old Library," is a historic library on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. It is one of four buildings on campus that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The others are the Littlefield House, University Junior High School, now the School of Social Work Building and Little Campus, now called John W. Hargis Hall.
The building was designed by New York architect Cass Gilbert in 1911, using a Spanish-Mediterranean Revival style. It served as the main library until the new main building was completed in 1937. It now houses the Architecture and Planning Library, the Alexander Architectural Archive and the Center for American Architecture.
The building's design, particularly its Spanish red tile roof, overhanging eaves and limestone walls, heavily influenced the 1933 master plan developed by Paul Cret, which in turn is a design requirement for new buildings on campus to this day.