Gibson Hall, facing St. Charles Avenue, is the entry landmark to the uptown campus of Tulane University. Designed in 1894 by architects Harrod and Andry in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, and constructed of stone over brick, it is the oldest structure on the present campus. Gibson Hall was named for Randall Lee Gibson, Confederate General, U.S. Senator from Louisiana and the first President of the University Board of Administrators. The building houses most of the senior level administration as well as the Office of Undergraduate Admission and the School of Continuing Studies.
Tulane University, or officially The Tulane University of Louisiana, a private, nonsectarian university, was established as a public medical college in 1834 and grew into a comprehensive university in 1847 and was eventually privatized under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1884. Tulane's primary campus, the Uptown or St. Charles campus, was established in the 1890s and occupies more than 110 acres.
The Tulane University of Louisiana National Historic District is bound by St. Charles Avenue, South Claiborne Street, Broadway and Calhoun Street.
Tulane University of Louisiana National Register #78001433
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