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Chemistry-Pharmacy Building was completed in the fall of 1927. Designed
by Rudolph Weaver, it was built by J. L. Crouse Company. In 1949
a new wing designed by Guy Fulton was added to the west enlarging the building
to about about 90,000 square feet. In 1950, th Chemistry-Pharmacy
Building was named after Dr. Townes R. Leigh, who had served UF as a vice
president, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and chair
of the Chemistry Department (1920-49).
Leigh Hall is part of a complex of buildings devoted to chemistry research and education. (Pharmacy moved to the Health Sciences Center in the early 1960s.) Other buildings include the Chemistry Research Building (1967) and the Chemistry Laboratory (1990). Leigh Hall was added to the National Register in 1979. It is a part of the University of Florida Campus Historic District, a group of buildings added to the National Register as an historic district in 1989. The
exterior decorations of Leigh Hall are particularly interesting.
Fitting for a building in Collegiate
Gothic style, are reliefs of gargoyles, alchemical symbols, and names
of famous scientists.
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| Historic Sites | UF Builds |
| Page Author: Edward
H. Teague
Page Created: 15 September 1999 Page Updated: 1 October 1999 |