Completed in 1949 (the first phase in 1947), Weil Hall has served as the University’s main Engineering and Industries Building. Since Weil is located just across Stadium Road, early engineering students could get a great view of Gator football games right from their classroom windows. Weil Hall continues the Collegiate Gothic campus features of red brick laid in English cross bond, clay tile gable roof with intersecting gables, and cast trim details in the increased scale of the mid-century campus buildings. The strong East-West axis, emphasized by water table and parapet coping, is punctuated with projecting bays and cast quoin corners. The hallways are wide and in the administration area, located in the east end, tile wainscot has been placed from the floor up the wall to approximately 48 inches, creating a datum, broken by doors. The building name is incised in the arched limestone entrance.
2-1/2 stories
E shape plan
Gabale roof with hip roof dormers
The primary entrance is in a modified tower facing the road
9 over 9 lights
In singles and triples
Wood
Brick is English bond
Soldier course headers
Flat red clay tile and flat ridge caps
Cast stone copings at gable ends
Entrance surrounds
Cast stone sills
Slightly set back from road with sidewalk in front
Architect: Guy Rulton
Building Name: Joseph Weil, Dean of the College of Engineering
