Main Building
The Main Building is a structure at the center of the University of Texas at Austin campus in Downtown Austin, Texas, United States. The Main Building's 307-foot tower has 27 floors.- Type: University building
- Description: structure at the center of the University of Texas at Austin campus
- Also known as: “The Tower” and “University of Texas Main Building and Library Extension”
- Address: 110 Inner Campus Drive, TX 78705
- Roof shape: saltbox
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Littlefield Fountain and Harry Ransom Center.
Littlefield Fountain
Fountain
Photo: Redsully, Public domain.
Littlefield Fountain is a World War I memorial monument designed by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini on the main campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, at the entrance to the university's South Mall. Littlefield Fountain is situated 770 feet south of Main Building.
Harry Ransom Center
Museum
The Harry Ransom Center, known as the Humanities Research Center until 1983, is an archive, library, and museum at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in the collection of literary and cultural artifacts from the Americas and Europe for the purpose of advancing the study of the arts and humanities. Harry Ransom Center is situated 850 feet southwest of Main Building.
Perry–Castañeda Library
Library
The Perry–Castañeda Library is the main central library of the University of Texas at Austin library system in Austin, Texas. PCL is located at 21st Street and Speedway in Austin, TX. Perry–Castañeda Library is situated 1,200 feet south of Main Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include UT and the Drag and Austin.
UT and the Drag
The University of Texas and the Drag form a district of Austin. This article also covers the "West Campus" and "North University" neighborhoods.
Austin
Photo: boltron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Austin is a city of about 965,000 people on the southeast edge of the Hill Country region of Texas, making it the fourth-largest city in the state and the 11th-largest in the country.
Hancock
Neighborhood
Hancock is a neighborhood in north-central Austin, Texas. Hancock encompasses ZIP codes 78751 and 78705. Hancock is located north of Downtown Austin and the University of Texas.
Main Building
- Categories: skyscraper, building, and education
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.28601° or 30° 17′ 10″ northLongitude
-97.73936° or 97° 44′ 22″ westElevation
663 feet (202 metres)Levels
2Open location code
862477P6+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 27397894OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=saltboxOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
11951717Wikidata ID
Q6735947
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Main Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “主楼”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المبنى الرئيسى”
- Persian: “ساختمان مرکزی دانشگاه تگزاس در آستین”
- Persian: “ساختمان مرکزی دانشگاه تگزاس در استین”
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