Today, the on the University of Texas campus 鈥� also known simply as the Tower 鈥� celebrates its 75th anniversary.
KUT News with Jim Nicar, acting director of the UT Heritage Society, who got into the history behind the iconic building:
The university hired Philadelphia-based architect Paul Cret in 1930 to develop a master plan for UT. 鈥淗e came in and said, 鈥榊ou know, you really need to have the library on the top of the hill,鈥� and convinced both the faculty building committee and the regents to do that,鈥� Nicar says. The library needed to be big enough to store all the university鈥檚 books, so they decided to build up 鈥� 27 stories up. It was a chance to build something more than just a library. This would be a symbol, and Paul Cret knew it.
A list of events celebrating the building . You can also brush up on the tower鈥檚 , and even get a live shot of the tower on the University Co-op鈥檚 .
