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Sledd Hall

1929 establishments in FloridaBuildings at the University of FloridaFlorida building and structure stubsHistoric district contributing properties in FloridaNRHP infobox with nocat
National Register of Historic Places in Gainesville, FloridaRudolph Weaver buildingsSchool buildings completed in 1929Use mdy dates from August 2023
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Sledd Hall is an historic student residence building in Murphree Area on the northern edge of the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. Built in 1929, the dormitory was designed by architect Rudolph Weaver in the Collegiate Gothic style. It is a contributing property in the University of Florida Campus Historic District. Sledd Hall was dedicated to the university's first president, Andrew Sledd, who served from 1905 to 1909. For the first ten years of its existence, the building was known as "New Dormitory," and it was renamed following Sledd's death in 1939.Sledd Hall is one of several University of Florida buildings that appear in the Sean Connery film Just Cause as a stand-in for the campus of Harvard University.

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Sledd Hall
Fletcher Drive, Gainesville

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Fletcher Drive 191
32612 Gainesville
Florida, United States
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