Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District

Georgia Tech's old campus sits on the crest of "the Hill" in Atlanta, a landscaped cluster of twelve red brick classroom, laboratory and administrative buildings. The Administration Building of 1888, designed by Bruce and Morgan, anchors the group with its seven-story tower and lighted "TECH" letters, a city landmark. Around it stand the Carnegie Building (1906-07), the first library; Lyman Hall Laboratory of Chemistry (1905); the A. French Building (1898), built for textile engineering; the Whitehead Infirmary (1910); the D. M. Smith Building (1922-23); and the Emerson Laboratory (1925). Most date from 1885 to 1923 and share a consistent approach to design and construction, yet vary in style from Romanesque to Beaux-Arts to Collegiate-Gothic. Their loose siting creates enclosed, intimate spaces beneath mature trees. Many were funded by donors, and together they trace the school's growth from a small trade school into a major engineering institution. The buildings remain in educational use.