Fletcher Hall was built in 1939, late in the Great Depression that followed the Stock Market crash of 1929. Its construction was supported primarily with federal funds to address the campus housing shortage and to provide work when unemployment was an ongoing problem. University Architect Rudolph Weaver designed the building in harmony with the adjacent original buildings Buckman and Thomas and to Sledd Hall, which it continued to the North. Weaver’s design also reflected an increase in Collegiate Gothic details. A dominant tower entrance facing University Avenue incorporated an oriel window. Plaques with seals of many of the world’s great universities continued a theme developed in Sledd Hall. A reading room is enhanced with Collegiate Gothic features in its mantel piece and paneling, as well as relief sculptures defining its bay window onto the dormitory courtyard. First called North Hall, the building was named for U.S. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, a supporter of the University of Florida.

Architect: Rudolph Weaver
Contractor: Chalker & Lund Co.
Building Name: Duncan U. Fletcher, U.S. Senator from Florida, 1908-1936