The
University of Toledo Campus, 1997
"...We believe you are going to respond to
the challenge of a beautiful environment, that the traditions which
have grown up about this noble architecture will stimulate you to
greater efforts in learning, and to finer decorum, and to a deeper
resolve to use your education to further truth, justice and beauty.
This is our faith in you."
UT President Henry J. Doermann, 1931, on the University's
move to the new campus on Bancroft Street.
This virtual walking tour of the University of
Toledo provides an overview of the campus's architecture. The
University's Bancroft street campus dates to 1931 when the
institution moved from several temporary buildings scattered around
the city to a location adjacent to a beautiful, tree-lined
residential neighborhood in west Toledo. The university's president
at that time felt that the architecture of the campus should be
inspiring to students. Today the university's buildings represent a
microsm of architectural movements since the 1930s, and include
outstanding examples of Collegiate Gothic, International,
Transitional and Post-Modern styles. Despite being of many styles,
the campus presents a unique uniformity in the design through the
consistent use of similar building materials and architectural
elements. To view examples of each of the architectural styles,
click on the index below or on the left menu.
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Last revised: 10 July 1997
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