Littlefield Memorial Fountain and UT Tower
The Littlefield Memorial Fountain, locate in the South Mall at the University of Texas at Austin, was designed by sculptor Pompeo Coppini. Donated by Mayor George W. Littlefield as part of the the Littlefield Memorial Entrance Gate, the World war I memorial fountain was commissioned in 1919, it was installed in 1932 and dedicated on April 29, 1933. It comprises of three concentric pools on different levels with jets of water spraying on a bronze group featuring the personification of Columbia, the Spirit of Independence, returning from World War I on the bow of her war ship, the Boat of America. In her left hand is the Torch of Light and in her left is the Palm of Victory. She is flanked by two military figures--the Army on the proper left and the Navy on the proper right. Ahead of this arrangement are three plunging, finned sea-horses, symbolizing the ocean and mob hysteria, with the two outer ones mounted by merman, representing man's discipline.
The Main Building, known colloquially as The Tower or the UT Tower, located at the top of what was formally known as College Hill at the center of the University of Texas at Austin campus, was built from 1934 to 1937 by architect Paul Philippe Cret. The Victorian-Gothic Building's 307-foot tower is just 4 feet shorter than the 311-foot Texas Capitol, and has 30 floors, although only 27 are accessible by elevator. The building is contracted of beige limestone bricks quarried in Bedford, Indiana. The Tower clock faces, the University's official timepieces, are trimmed in gold leaf and have a diameter of 14-feet, 8 inches. A 56-bell carillon, Knicker Carillon, crowns the structure, chiming the Westminster Peal every quarter hour.
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. Although forty acres were set aside on College Hill for the campus in 1839, the university formally opened in 1883 with one building, six schools, eight professors and 221 students. Today the main campus, located a quarter mile from the Texas State Capitol in central Austin, has 150 buildings and covering more than 350 acres and the University is home to over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 15 colleges and schools and more than 3,000 faculty.
Littlefield Memorial Fountain and UT Tower
The Littlefield Memorial Fountain, locate in the South Mall at the University of Texas at Austin, was designed by sculptor Pompeo Coppini. Donated by Mayor George W. Littlefield as part of the the Littlefield Memorial Entrance Gate, the World war I memorial fountain was commissioned in 1919, it was installed in 1932 and dedicated on April 29, 1933. It comprises of three concentric pools on different levels with jets of water spraying on a bronze group featuring the personification of Columbia, the Spirit of Independence, returning from World War I on the bow of her war ship, the Boat of America. In her left hand is the Torch of Light and in her left is the Palm of Victory. She is flanked by two military figures--the Army on the proper left and the Navy on the proper right. Ahead of this arrangement are three plunging, finned sea-horses, symbolizing the ocean and mob hysteria, with the two outer ones mounted by merman, representing man's discipline.
The Main Building, known colloquially as The Tower or the UT Tower, located at the top of what was formally known as College Hill at the center of the University of Texas at Austin campus, was built from 1934 to 1937 by architect Paul Philippe Cret. The Victorian-Gothic Building's 307-foot tower is just 4 feet shorter than the 311-foot Texas Capitol, and has 30 floors, although only 27 are accessible by elevator. The building is contracted of beige limestone bricks quarried in Bedford, Indiana. The Tower clock faces, the University's official timepieces, are trimmed in gold leaf and have a diameter of 14-feet, 8 inches. A 56-bell carillon, Knicker Carillon, crowns the structure, chiming the Westminster Peal every quarter hour.
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. Although forty acres were set aside on College Hill for the campus in 1839, the university formally opened in 1883 with one building, six schools, eight professors and 221 students. Today the main campus, located a quarter mile from the Texas State Capitol in central Austin, has 150 buildings and covering more than 350 acres and the University is home to over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 15 colleges and schools and more than 3,000 faculty.