Garrison Hall (abbreviated GAR) is a building located on the

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campus. It is named after George Pierce Garrison (1853–1910), the history department's first chair and a founding member of the Texas State Historical Association."An Architectural History of Garrison Hall"
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, October 12, 2012, notevenpast.org Construction began in 1925 and finished the following year. In 1927, the University separated the Department of

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out of the Department of Philosophy, and moved Psychology out of Garrison Hall and into Sutton Hall, where it would share space with the Department of

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for the next 25 years. Important figures in Texas history, including Austin, Travis,

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and Lamar, are set in stone along the hall, while walls under the building's eaves contains cattle brands.

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