The University of Alabama : a guide to the campus and its architecture / Robert Oliver Mellown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mellown, Robert O., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Alabama--Buildings--Guidebooks.

University of Alabama.

Tuscaloosa (Ala.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Guidebooks.

Tuscaloosa (Ala.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus and Its Architecture is a richly illustrated guidebook to the architecture and development of the University of Alabama's campus as it has evolved over the last two centuries.In 1988 the University of Alabama Press published Robert Oliver Mellown's The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus, a culmination of a decade's worth of research into both the facts and the legends surrounding the architecture, history, and traditions of the Capstone.Over twenty years later, this new guide brings to light

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Guide; An Architectural History of the University of Alabama; 1. Antebellum Campus Tour; 2. Victorian Campus Tour; 3. Early Twentieth-Century Campus Tour; 4. East Quad Tour; 5. West Quad Tour; 6. Science and Engineering Corridor Tour; 7. Student Life Campus Tour; 8. Bryce Campus Tour; 9. Medical Campus Tour; 10. Southeast Campus Tour; 11. Athletics Campus Tour; 12. Off Campus Tours; Glossary; Suggested Reading; Photograph Credits; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8673-4