Brookings Hall - Washington University St. Louis MO_DSC0375_16
by Greg Kluempers
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Brookings Hall - Washington University St. Louis MO_DSC0375_16
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Greg Kluempers
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(4x5 format) Washington University in St. Louis (WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 countries. Twenty-five Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university. Washington University's undergraduate program is ranked 15th by U.S. News and World Report. The university is ranked 23rd in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
Washington University is made up of seven graduate and undergraduate schools that encompass a broad range of academic fields. Officially incorporated as "The Washington University," the university is occasionally referred to as "WUSTL," (pronounced /whu- stḷ/) an acronym derived from its initials. More commonly, the school is referred to as "WashU". To prevent confusion over its location, the Board of Trustees added the phrase "in St. Louis" in 1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis
Brookings Hall is a Collegiate Gothic landmark on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The building, first named "University Hall", was built between 1900 and 1902 and served as the administrative center for the 1904 World's Fair. The first cornerstone was laid on November 3, 1900.
In 1899, after holding a national design competition, Washington University's administrators selected the Philadelphia firm Cope & Stewardson (represented by James P. Jamieson) to design the building as the centerpiece of an extensive new campus master plan. The general contractor was Bright Construction Company. Inspiration for the design most likely came from the Great Gates of Trinity and St. John's colleges at Cambridge University in England, where Cope & Stewardson are known to have visited. Additionally, the building draws more recent inspiration from Blair Hall of Princeton University, which was designed by the same firm and built in 1897. Since 1905, the building has served as Washington University's administrative center. Initially known as University Hall, the building was renamed Brookings Hall on June 12, 1928, in honor of board president Robert S. Brookings.
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