Ashbel Smith Building

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Ashbel Smith Building

| nrhp_type =

| image = Ashbel Smith Building UTMB Galveston.jpg

| caption = Ashbel Smith Building in 2009

| location = 916 Strand (Ave. B),
Galveston, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|29|18|48|N|94|46|44|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Texas#USA

| map_label = Ashbel Smith Building

| locmap_relief = yes

| area = {{convert|1.8|acre}}

| built = {{Start date|1891}}

| architect = Nicholas J. Clayton

| architecture = Romanesque

| added = October 28, 1969

| refnum = 69000203{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

| designated_other1=TSAL

| designated_other1_date=January 1, 1981

| designated_other1_number=[https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/8200001367 8200001367]

| designated_other1_num_position=bottom

| designated_other2=RTHL

| designated_other2_date=1969

| designated_other2_number=[https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5167007539 7539]

| designated_other2_num_position=bottom

}}

The Ashbel Smith Building, also known as Old Red, is a Romanesque Revival building located in Galveston, Texas.{{cite web|title=Texas Historic Sites Atlas |url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/index.asp |publisher=Texas Historical Commission |access-date=17 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713021658/http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/index.asp |archive-date=13 July 2012 }} It was built in 1891 with red brick and sandstone.

{{cite web|url=http://www.utmb.edu/tour/18.htm |title=UTMB Virtual Campus Tour: Ashbel Smith Building |access-date=2009-12-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117210256/http://www.utmb.edu/tour/18.htm |archive-date=2010-01-17 }} Nicholas J. Clayton was the architect. It was the first University of Texas Medical Branch building.

In 1949, the building named for Ashbel Smith, a Republic of Texas diplomat and one of the founders of the University of Texas System. The building was registered as a Texas Historical Landmark in 1969 and renovated in 1985.

In 2008, Old Red was flooded with six feet of water by Hurricane Ike. It was also one of the few buildings to survive the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

File:Ashbel Smith Building -- Old Red.jpg|This was the first University of Texas Medical Branch building

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