Smathers Library
- East Zone
- Central Zone
- West Zone
- South Zone
- Related Sites
- Significant Buildings and Sites
- Anderson Hall
- Bryan Hall
- Buckman Hall
- Carleton Auditorium
- Century Tower
- Dairy Science Building
- Dauer Hall
- Fletcher Hall
- Florida Gymnasium
- Griffin-Floyd Hall
- Keene-Flint Hall
- Leigh Hall
- Mallory-Yulee-Reid Halls
- Matherly Hall
- Murphree Hall
- Newell Hall
- Norman Hall
- Peabody Hall
- Plaza of the Americas
- Rolfs Hall
- Sledd Hall
- Smathers Library
- The Hub
- The Infirmary
- Thomas Hall
- Tigert Hall
- University Auditorium
- University Police Department
- Walker Hall
- Weil Hall
- Women’s Gym

Smathers Library
Architect: William Augustus Edwards, 1926; Rudolph Weaver; Guy Fulton, 1948
Contractor: Jack Culpepper
Building Name: University Library until 1967; Library East 1967-1991; George A. Smathers in 1991
Smathers Library Character-Defining Features
SCALE
2-1/2 and 3-1/2 stories
MASSING
L shape plan
Cross gable bays every 4th by on north facade
Buttresses
ROOF
Gables and cross gables
Shed dormers
ENTRANCES
Rectangle at ends on long side and in the L
WINDOWS
Wood
4 over 4 ligh double hung, paired
3rd floor pointed arches over windows
MATERIALS
Brick is Common Cross Bond
6th course Flemish header
Flat arch soldier above windows
Flat clay tile, variegated colors (ochre, reds, olive greens) with “bump” ridge tiles
ORNAMENTATION
Cast stone sills
Water table above first floor
Around Entrances
INTERIOR FEATURES
Reading Room
BUILDING-SITE RELATIONSHIP
Defines Northeast corner of the Plaza space
Defines open space with Anderson Hall to North