Sledd Hall
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Sledd Hall is an historic student residence building in Murphree Area on the northern edge of the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. Built in 1929, the dormitory was designed by architect Rudolph Weaver in the Collegiate Gothic style. It is a contributing property in the University of Florida Campus Historic District.
Sledd Hall was dedicated to the university's first president, Andrew Sledd, who served from 1905 to 1909. For the first ten years of its existence, the building was known as "New Dormitory," and it was renamed following Sledd's death in 1939.University of Florida Foundation, Named UF Facilities, [http://www.uff.ufl.edu/Facilities/facilities.asp?id=2 Andrew Sledd Hall]. Retrieved November 4, 2015. Sledd Hall was originally known as "New DormitoryDormito_!!;"_" when its construction was completed in 1929. Id.
Sledd Hall is one of several University of Florida buildings that appear in the Sean Connery film Just Cause as a stand-in for the campus of Harvard University.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310155905/http://growth-management.alachua.fl.us/historic/historic_commission/historictowns/gainesville/uf/uf.htm Virtual tour of University of Florida Campus Historic District] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20060829020736/http://growth-management.alachua.fl.us/ Alachua County's Department of Growth Management]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070315184015/http://www.facilities.ufl.edu/cp/pdf/UF_Historic_Campus.pdf The University of Florida Historic Campus] at [http://www.facilities.ufl.edu UF Facilities Planning & Construction]
- [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu George A. Smathers Libraries]
- [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/history.htm UF Builds: The Architecture of the University of Florida]
- [http://www.housing.ufl.edu/facilities/resfac_singles_sledd.html Sledd Hall]
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Category:Buildings at the University of Florida
Category:Rudolph Weaver buildings
Category:Historic district contributing properties in Florida
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Gainesville, Florida
Category:School buildings completed in 1929
Category:1929 establishments in Florida
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