Gerberding Hall

Built {{time ago|1949}} in 1949 to house the university's administrative offices, it was the first major structure erected on campus following World War II.{{cite book|last1=Johnston|first1=Norman|title=The Fountain and the Mountain|date=1995|publisher=Documentary Book Publishers|isbn=0935503153|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fountainmountain0000john/page/110 110-111]|url=https://archive.org/details/fountainmountain0000john/page/110}}{{cite web|last1=Hall|first1=Jessica|title=UW Then & Now|url=https://www.washington.edu/wholeu/2014/09/03/uw-then-now/|website=washington.edu|publisher=University of Washington|date=September 3, 2014|access-date=March 27, 2018}} Constructed from a design by Victor N. Jones and John T. Jacobsen, it was built at a cost of $1,561,924.

Twenty years later in 1969, a bomb was detonated inside the main entrance in the early hours of Sunday, June 29. The explosion created a hole {{convert|6|ft|spell=in}} in diameter in the reinforced concrete and shattered windows in other campus buildings as far as {{convert|600|ft}} away. The only occupant at the time of the blast was a custodian in the basement, and he was not injured.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WjpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cOkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041%2C4650241 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Bomb rips building at UW |date=June 30, 1969 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ogFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1764%2C2943385 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |agency=UPI |title=Bomb blast rocks UW building|date=June 30, 1969 |page=1}} It was one of four bombs that were set off that day in Seattle, all without injuries.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vToRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5743%2C6652126|work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Bomb blasts rock Seattle |date=June 30, 1969 |page=1A}}

The Administration Building was renamed in 1995 in honor of retiring university president William Gerberding. As of 2017, Gerberding Hall houses the office of the university's president.

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Located on the south edge of Red Square and constructed entirely of cast stone, Gerberding Hall is built in the collegiate Gothic style with its characteristic elements including gargoyles, pointed arches, towers, and gabled roofs. Along its parapets are 25 sculptures by Dudley Pratt representing different academic disciplines; for example, a figure of the god Neptune on the building's east gable is intended to represent oceanography and fisheries science.

The structure is dominated by a central, square tower. On the face of each of its sides is engraved the keys of Phi Beta Kappa. The tower itself, originally intended to serve as a belfry, did not fulfill that purpose until 2008.{{cite news|last1=Quinton|first1=Molly|title=Kane Hall bells fulfill dream of UW alum|url=http://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_b721bbb6-d31b-11e7-afe7-838b1ca9d116.html|access-date=February 17, 2018|work=Daily of the University of Washington|date=November 27, 2017}} In that year, a set of eight bells – the Gordon Stuart Peek Foundation Memorial Bells – was installed which were designed to be operated by change ringing.{{cite web|title=Visit Seattle and the UW|url=http://www.washington.edu/visit/files/2014/10/2047770_Visitor.Ctr_.Guide_rev07-2013.pdf|website=washington.edu|publisher=University of Washington|access-date=February 17, 2018|archive-date=March 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318182601/http://www.washington.edu/visit/files/2014/10/2047770_Visitor.Ctr_.Guide_rev07-2013.pdf|url-status=dead}} A shield bearing the visage of Herbert Condon in relief and the words "Friend of Youth" sits over the exterior doorway to the tower.{{efn|Condon was the university's longtime dean of students.}}

Other sculptures on the building's exterior include a Siberian Husky and a man wearing academic gowns holding an adding machine and a money bag.

The interior consists of two, three-story wings set at different ground levels, hinged at the central tower.{{cite web|title=Historic Resources Survey and Inventory of the University of Washington Seattle Campus|url=http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Neighborhoods/HistoricPreservation/ResearchProjects/UW-CulturalResourcesReport_FinalDeliverable_August-2017.pdf|website=seattle.gov|publisher=City of Seattle|access-date=February 17, 2018}}

File:UDub Gerberding Hall tower.jpg|Gerberding Hall from the southeast in 2010

File:Gerberding Hall Roof Sculptures.jpg|Closeup of rooftop sculptures

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