Bizzell Memorial Library
The Bizzell Memorial Library is located at The University of Oklahoma (OU) in Norman, Oklahoma. It was built in 1928 in the Collegiate Gothic or Cherokee Gothic Style.
The library was built during the administration of OU's fifth president, William Bennett Bizzell. It is named in his honor.
Collegiate Gothic was an architectural style subgenre of Gothic Revival architecture, popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries for college and high school buildings in the United States.
Cherokee Gothic is a term coined by Frank Lloyd Wright for the vernacular architectural style on OU's campus. He invented the term while on a tour of the campus.
Main entrance. Note the gargoyles on the turrets.
Bizzell Memorial Library
The Bizzell Memorial Library is located at The University of Oklahoma (OU) in Norman, Oklahoma. It was built in 1928 in the Collegiate Gothic or Cherokee Gothic Style.
The library was built during the administration of OU's fifth president, William Bennett Bizzell. It is named in his honor.
Collegiate Gothic was an architectural style subgenre of Gothic Revival architecture, popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries for college and high school buildings in the United States.
Cherokee Gothic is a term coined by Frank Lloyd Wright for the vernacular architectural style on OU's campus. He invented the term while on a tour of the campus.
Main entrance. Note the gargoyles on the turrets.