List of Texas Tech University buildings

The campus of Texas Tech University is located in the city of Lubbock in the center of the South Plains region near the Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado. Situated on 1,839 acres (7.44 km²).The Lubbock campus is home to the main academic university, law school, and medical school. This arrangement makes it the only institution in Texas to have all three units (undergraduate institution, law school, and medical school) on the same physical campus.^{[user-generated source?][1][2]}

Administration Building

The campus' most prominent feature is its Spanish Renaissance architecture, inspired by the University de Alcalá in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and Mission San José in San Antonio.^[3] A large section of the campus built between 1924 and 1951 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Texas Technological College Historic District.^[4]

Buildings

• "—" indicates that the year building opened is unknown.

Texas Technological College Historic District
Contributing property†	Non-contributing property‡

Bledsoe Hall

Civil Engineering Building

Dairy Barn

Doak Hall

Education Building

Humanities Building

Holden Hall

Human Sciences Building

International Cultural Center

Jones AT&T Stadium West Side

Media and Communications Building

Sneed Hall

Southwest Collection / Special Collections Library

Student Union

United Spirit Arena

West Hall

Building	Opened	Notes	Reference
Administration†	1925		[4]
Administrative Support Center	—
Agricultural Education†	1951		[4]
Agricultural Engineering Annex†	1951		[4]
Agricultural Pavilion†	1925	Opened as Livestock Judging Pavilion	[4]
Agricultural Sciences†	1941	Formerly Agriculture	[4]
Animal & Food Sciences	2004		[5]
Architecture	—	Opened as the "Computer-Architecture"
Art	—
Athletic Complex	2003
Burkhart Center for Autism	2013
Athletic Offices	—
Athletic Ticket Office	1979	Opened as the Letterman's Lounge	[6]
Athletic Training Center	1986		[7]
Auditorium and Sculpture Court, Helen DeVitt Jones	2001		[8]
Biology	—
Biology Auditorium	—
Biology Greenhouse	—
Bledsoe Hall/Gordon Hall†	1947
Carpenter/Wells Complex	1959		[9]
Carpenter-Wells Apartment Complex	1998		[9]
Charles E. Maedgen Theatre	—
Chemical Engineering	—
Chemistry†	1929	Additions completed in 1971	[4][10]
Chitwood Hall	1967		[11]
City Bank Auditorium	1956	Opened as Lubbock Municipal Auditorium.
City Bank Coliseum	1956	Opened as Lubbock Municipal Coliseum.
Civil Engineering†	1951	Formerly East Engineering	[4]
Clement Hall	1963		[11]
Coleman Hall	1967		[11]
Dairy Barn†	1925	Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.	[4][12]
Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park	—		`
Development‡	1944		[4]
Doak Hall†	1934	Formerly Women's Dormitory #1	[4][13]
Drane Hall†	1938		[4]
Education	2002	Built along with English and Philosophy Building; first new academic facility built on Texas Tech campus since 1976.	[14]
Electrical Engineering†	1928	Formerly West Engineering	[4]
Electrical Engineering Addition	—
Engineering and Technology Lab	—
Engineering Center	—
Engineering Technology	—
Exercise Sciences Center	—
Experimental Sciences	2006		[15]
Fisheries and Wildlife Research	—
Food Technology	—
Foreign Language	—
Frazier Alumni Pavilion	1998		[16]
Gaston Hall	1957	Demolition begun 20-Sep-2008 to make way for the new Rawls College of Business building	[17]
Gates Hall	1962		[11]
Health Science Center	—
Holden Hall†	1937	Original site of the West Texas Museum (renamed Museum of Texas Tech University in 1969); named for Dr. Curry Holden historian, archaeologist, and first Director of the Museum.	[4]
Horn Hall†	1947
Hulen Hall	1963		[11]
Human Sciences Building†	1925	Formerly the Home Economics Building. Four additions to the building with the first being completed in 1952	[13][18]
Human Sciences Cottage†	1928	Formerly the Home Management House.	[13][18]
Humanities	2002	Formerly the English/Philosophy Building. Now home to English, Philosophy, and History departments. Built along with Education Building; first new academic facility built on Texas Tech campus since 1976. The old English building was built in 1960[19] and demolition of it began on December 20, 2004.[20]	[14]
Knapp Hall†	1947
International Culture Center	1997		[8]
Jones AT&T Stadium	1947	Opened as Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium with 27,000 seating capacity. After multiple renovations and additions, it currently seats 60,454.
Landscape Architecture & Range Wildlife†	1951	Formerly Veterinary Science-1	[4]
Lanier Professional Development Center	2008	Texas Tech University School of Law	[21]
Law	1970	Texas Tech University School of Law	[10]
Library	1962		[10]
Marsha Sharp Center for Student Athletes	2004		[22]
Media and Communications‡	1969		[4]
Mathematics and Statistics†	1938	Formerly the Library	[4]
McClellan Hall†	1944	Formerly Infirmary	[4]
Mechanical Engineering	—
Mechanical Engineering Lab‡	1951		[4]
Merket Alumni Center†	1925	Houses the Texas Tech Alumni Association. Formerly the President's House.	[4][16]
Moody Planetarium	1970		[10]
Murray Hall	2006		[22]
Museum of Texas Tech University	1970		[10]
Music	1951		[23]
Petroleum Engineering	1950		[23]
Physics and Geosciences†	1951	Formerly Science	[4]
Plant Sciences‡			[4]
Psychology	—
Rawls College of Business	2012		[24]
Recreation Aquatic Facilities	—
Ronald McDonald House	—
Sneed Hall†	1938		[4]
Southwest Collection / Special Collections Library	1997		[8]
Sport Studies Center	—	Formerly Women's Gymnasium	[25]
Stangel / Murdough Hall	1964		[11]
Student Media†	1941	Formerly Journalism	[23]
Student Recreation Center, Robert H.Ewalt	—
Student Union	1951	Opened as "Student Union"; Known as "University Center" 1970-????[26]	[23]
Student Wellness Center	—		[22]
Talkington Hall + Commons Food Court	2013
Textile Engineering – Industrial Engineering†	1925	Formerly Textile Engineering	[4]
Thompson Hall	1957	Demolition begun 20-Sep-2008 to make way for the new Rawls College of Business building	[17]
United Spirit Arena	1999
University Theatre	—
Wall Hall	1962
Wiggins Complex	—
West Hall†	1934	Named in honor of James Marion West, Sr., Former Board of Directors Member and Chair	[4][13][27]
Weymouth Hall	1967		[11]