The

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...

is the

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in the

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and has many notable buildings located in cities including Gainesville,

Jacksonville Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...

, and

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. The Campus Historic District at the University of Florida comprises 32

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that are registered with the

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. As is typical in the United States, most of the university's oldest buildings were designed in the

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architectural style; since the 1950s,

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and

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styles have been extensively employed.Historic District architecture
/ref> The university has over 900 buildings on the main campus (about 170 have classrooms). The University of Florida campus encompasses over 2,000 acres (8.1 km²). The campus is home to many notable structures, including Century Tower, a

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tower in the center of the campus historic district.

Buildings and historic photos

File:Historic Rolfs Hall Side.jpg, Rolfs Hall File:Historic Buckman Hall.jpg, Buckman Hall File:Bryan Hall UF.jpg, Bryan Hall File:Historic Norman Hall.jpg, Norman Hall File:Broward Hall.jpg, Broward Hall File:Historic Anderson Hall.jpg, Anderson Hall File:Historic Florida Field.jpg,

Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (in full Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium),Dauer Hall File:Historic Flint Hall.jpg, Flint Hall File:Inside Historic Johnson Hall.jpg, Inside Johnson Hall File:Historic Floyd Hall.jpg, Griffin-Floyd Hall File:Historic Leigh Hall.jpg, Leigh Hall File:Historic Norman Area.jpg, Norman Area File:Historic Sledd Hall.jpg,

Sledd Hall 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 Got ...

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Ustler Hall Kathryn Chicone Ustler Hall (formerly known as the Women's Gymnasium and University Gymnasium) is a historic building on the campus of the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, Florida. It was designed by William Augustus Edwards in the Coll ...

File:Historic Newell Hall.jpg, Newell Hall File:Historic Seagle Building.jpg, Seagle Building File:Historic UF College of Engineering.jpg, A view of the

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Buildings under construction

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List of construction projects

University of Florida Campus Map

Buildings and historic photos

Buildings under construction

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