Built as the Florida Experiment Station in 1910, Newell Hall represented the close link between the academic mission of the land-grant university and practical agricultural services to the growers and farmers of the state. Experimental fields were laid out on adjacent grounds and students got hands-on research experience. A restoration of Newell Hall was completed in 1944, the only major campus construction project completed during the Second World War.
3-1/2 stories
Rectangular
Gable
Crenellated parapet
Upper floor added in 1944
Under gable end
Double hung 3 over 3 light vertical panes
Single and paired groupings
Brick is Common Bond
6th course in Flemish headers
Light red clay tiles on roof
Cast stone
Water table, steeply pitched angled section
Wrought iron grill work
Edge of district facing roadway
42' to cornice line, similar to other early buildings
Architect: William Augustus Edwards with a 1944 renovation by Rudloph Weaver
Contractor: J. J. Cain Company of Atlanta
Building Name: Originally the Agricultural Experiment Station,it was renamed for noted entomologist Dr. Wilmon E. Newell, a director of the station and provost for Agriculture
