Ashbel Smith Building

	Ashbel Smith Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Texas State Antiquities Landmark
	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
	Ashbel Smith Building in 2009
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Location	916 Strand (Ave. B),; Galveston, Texas
Coordinates	29°18′48″N 94°46′44″W / 29.31333°N 94.77889°WCoordinates: 29°18′48″N 94°46′44″W / 29.31333°N 94.77889°W
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1891
Architect	Nicholas J. Clayton
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	69000203
TSAL No.	8200001367
RTHL No.	7539
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1969
Designated TSAL	January 1, 1981
Designated RTHL	1969

The Ashbel Smith Building, also known as Old Red, is a Romanesque Revival building located in Galveston, Texas.^[2] It was built in 1891 with red brick and sandstone. ^[3] Nicholas J. Clayton was the architect. It was the first University of Texas Medical Branch building.

In 1949, the building named for Ashbel Smith, a Republic of Texas diplomat and one of the founders of the University of Texas System. The building was registered as a Texas Historical Landmark in 1969 and renovated in 1985.

In 2008, Old Red was flooded with six feet of water by Hurricane Ike. It was also one of the few buildings to survive the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

This was the first University of Texas Medical Branch building

References[]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-12-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[Atlas-2] "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-12-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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