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The fruit bat perched atop the far right (east) gable is known as a grotesque. Unlike gargoyles, grotesques are decorative figures not used as drain-spouts. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.
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The BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION seal features a typewriter and rotary dial telephone.
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American Impressionist painter and native Hoosier, T.C. Steele, was the artist in residence from 1923 to 1926. The attic of the left (west) wing of Franklin Hall was his art studio. Courtesy of IU Archives.
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Bryan Hall is the only building on campus with interior limestone carvings. Each seal represents the schools of study available in 1936.
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Built in 1890, Maxwell Hall was the university library until Franklin Hall was built 18 years later. The Romanesque style is evident in its overall massive appearance with strong horizontal lines, rounded arches, and a cavernous entry.
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Above the smooth archway at the entrance to Bryan Hall, the carved leaf motif coils into a serpent head. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.
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Historic photograph of the Indiana University Student Building. Courtesy of the Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection.
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Franklin Hall is characterized by the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture with a pointed arch doorway and arched window treatments. It was originally used as the university library. A 1927 addition to the right (east) side of the building is similar to the original building.The left (southwest) side of the building features a limestone carving with the IU seal.
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The smooth-cut cornerstone on the lower right (east) end of Student Building contains a time capsule with letters from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a list of women who donated to the building's construction, and other historical ephemera.
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A sculpture by Tuck Langland of the famed Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II correspondent, native Hoosier and IU alumnus, Ernie Pyle, was added to campus in October 2014.
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The clock face features elaborate floral designs carved out of limestone. A fire in 1990 completely destroyed the central tower, but it was rebuilt using the original drawings. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.
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The Student Building was constructed in 1905 in the Romanesque style of architecture. Made with both smooth and rough-cut stone, the round window arches are juxtaposed against the rectangular blocks and elongated clock tower.
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Owls are the most common carved figure on the buildings of Indiana University. Symbols of wisdom in the Western world, they range from 2 inches to 3 feet tall. This owl is located high on the north side of Bryan Hall near the Sample Gates. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey
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Sketch of the Administration Building East entrance, circa 1937. Courtesy of IU Archives.
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Historic photograph of Franklin Hall prior to the 1927 addition. Courtesy of the Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection.
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To the immediate south of the Sample Gates, Bryan Hall reflects the Art Deco style of architecture with strong vertical lines, rounded corners, and stylized lettering style of ADMINISTRATION over the arched entrance. Named for the 10th president of the university, Bryan Hall was one of the first buildings constructed with Depression-era Federal Works Agency funds.
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The red staining on the lowest floors of Bryan Hall is a decorative element common to Art Deco-era buildings. As the limestone was being milled, the saw was allowed to rust in place, leaving a red stain on the surface of the stone.
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The Sample Gates were constructed in 1987 as a grand entrance to the Indiana University campus. Characterized by pointed arches, buttresses, and decorative finials, they exemplify the Collegiate Gothic style that is prevalent throughout the Old Crescent.
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Granger & Bollenbacher proposal for the Sample Gates design. Courtesy of IU Archives.
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Both Kirkwood Hall and the Kirkwood Observatory are named for the famous American astronomer, Daniel Kirkwood, who taught mathematics at IU in the 1850s and 60s. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.
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Decorative ironwork and limestone pilasters grace the Second Empire-style large entry tower. Courtesy of IU Archives.
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The rounded arches over the windows at Kirkwood Hall feature an elaborate carved leaf motif. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.
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Built in 1895, Kirkwood Hall was finished five years after Maxwell Hall and shares many of its Romanesque features including alternating rough and smooth-cut stone, rounded arches, and a massive appearance. A great deal of carved work adorns the building over doorways, around windows, and on the gables and tower.
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The only known photograph of the 1900 fire that destroyed Wylie Hall. Courtesy of IU Archives.
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The same architect designed both Owen and Wylie Halls, two of the first buildings of the present-day campus. Originally, Wylie all had an entry tower like Owen, but the building was gutted by a fire in 1900 and the tower was not rebuilt; however, an additional floor was added at that time. The resulting building is less ornate, though it retains features of both Italianate and Victorian Gothic styles.
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Wylie Hall was originally only two stories high and featured a mansard roof like Owen Hall. After a fire in 1900, a third floor was added with windows that lack the Italianate styling of the original building. Courtesy of IU Archives.
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The vertical grooves in the stone foundation are chisel marks from early limestone excavation. Limestone has been quarried from the Indiana Stone Belt since 1827.
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The friezes of Greek mythology figures, Persephone and Pan, on the east and west ends of the Owen Hall are the only non-limestone carvings on campus buildings. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.
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Owen Hall is the one of the first buildings on the present-day campus. After the old campus at Seminary Square burned in 1883, bricks were salvaged to erect this building. It is characterized by the Italianate and Victorian Gothic styles of architecture with a low mansard roof, elongated windows, and polychrome brick. Owen is named for Indiana's third state geologist, Richard Owen.
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The bricks of Owen and Wylie Halls are one of the only remnants of the old campus at Seminary Square
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Additional fruit bat-like creatures are located underneath the turreted windows on the right (east) wing. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.
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Indiana Limestone is a world-class dimension building stone quarried in south-central Indiana. Known to geologists as the Salem Limestone and locally as Indiana limestone, it has dominated the national market as a premier building stone for almost two centuries.
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Indiana Limestone is quarried exclusively from a narrow, irregular band of limestone approximately 10 miles wide and 30 miles long. This small exposure of stone has supplied up to 75 percent of all limestone used in North American buildings. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey.
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The Salem Limestone (Indiana Limestone) was deposited about 340 million years ago in a shallow, tropical sea that teemed with invertebrates. When the ancient animals died, waves sorted their hard body parts into a uniform size, which gives the thick beds of limestone its even texture.
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The primary architectural styles on the IU campus are Collegiate Gothic, Romanesque, Art Deco, and Modern.
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Welcome to the campus of Indiana University. Recognized as one of the five most beautiful collegiate campuses in the country, the IU campus offers a beautiful setting for a virtual stroll. We hope you enjoy learning more about the university and its many beautiful structures. Courtesy of the Indiana Geological & Water Survey.
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