Home of the Cardinals
University of Louisville
Grawemeyer Hall, the main administration building, was modeled on Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda at the University of Virginia.
- 4Buildings
- 1Tradition
- 1874Oldest · University Playhouse
- 1998Newest · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
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Planning the visit
- Fly intoLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF)
Louisville Muhammad Ali International is a short drive south of Belknap Campus.
- Getting aroundWalking / TARC buses
Belknap Campus is walkable. Students and staff ride TARC buses free with a UofL ID, including Route 28 to the Health Sciences Center.
- Colors and teams
The school colors are red and black, and the teams are the Cardinals.
4 buildings to stamp
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Photo: Censusdata at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Grawemeyer Hall
2301 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40292
Completed in 1926 and modeled on Jefferson's Rotunda, this domed building houses the president's office. A Foucault pendulum hangs 72 feet under the dome.
- Built
- 1926
- Architect
- Allied Architects of Kentucky
- Style
- Neoclassical
- Today
- Administration Building
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University Playhouse
1911 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40208
Built in 1874 as the chapel of the orphanage and reform school that once stood on the Belknap grounds, this wooden building became the university's theater in 1925. It was taken apart plank by plank in 1977 to make way for Ekstrom Library and reopened in 1980.
- Built
- 1874
- Today
- Theater
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Photo: Brando03 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Ekstrom Library
2301 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40292
The university's main library opened in 1981 in a building by the Louisville firm Louis & Henry, which won a Kentucky Society of Architects merit award. It holds about two million historic photographs.
- Built
- 1981
- Architect
- Louis & Henry
- Today
- Library
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Photo: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
2800 S Floyd St, Louisville, KY 40209
The football stadium opened in 1998 at the south end of campus in a horseshoe shape designed to expand.
- Built
- 1998
- Architect
- Rosser International; Luckett & Farley
- Today
- Football Stadium
1 tradition to check off
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The Thinker
A large bronze cast of Rodin's The Thinker has sat in front of Grawemeyer Hall since 1949. Having your picture taken with it is a classic stop on a campus visit.
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