Grawemeyer Hall

Grawemeyer Hall
Location Louisville, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°13′52″N 85°44′5″W / 38.23111°N 85.73472°W / 38.23111; -85.73472Coordinates: 38°13′52″N 85°44′5″W / 38.23111°N 85.73472°W / 38.23111; -85.73472
Built 1926
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Early Republic, Neoclassical
Part of University of Louisville Campus
NRHP reference # 76000908
Added to NRHP June 25, 1976

Grawemeyer Hall is a building located on the Belknamp Campus of the University of Louisville. The building was modeled after Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda on the grounds of the University of Virginia. Named for Charles Grawemeyer, a major benefactor to the University, the building now houses mostly administrative offices including the office of the university's president.[1]

On the steps of the building rests one of the original castings of Auguste Rodin's The Thinker. This casting is one of the few originals in the United States and the only one in the American South.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Grawemeyer Hall". Louisville.com.
  2. ↑ Team, UofL Web. "Grawemeyer Hall". University of Louisville.
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