Housing & Residence Education
SW 13th Street & Museum Road
PO Box 112100
Gainesville, FL 32611-2100
Phone: (352) 392-2161
Fletcher Hall
Quick Facts
Opened — 1939
Capacity — 166
Total Rooms — 87
Location — See Map
Coed — by floor
AC — central
Fletcher Hall is part of the Murphree Area
Fletcher Hall is dedicated to the memory of Duncan U. Fletcher, U.S. Senator from Florida, 1908-36. The design for Fletcher Hall includes exterior cast concrete designs, often referred to as sculptures, of European university seals, animals, plants, and figures above recessed vestibules, below the roof lines, and on gable-type features. Architect Rudolph Weaver borrowed these design elements from Sledd Hall as Fletcher was meant to be an addition of sorts. The linking of Fletcher, Sledd, and Thomas Halls forms the shape of "UF"— easily visible from the air.
In 1989, Fletcher, Sledd and Murphree Halls were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a six - block area of the original campus — including Buckman and Thomas Halls.
Fletcher is part of the Murphree Residence Area in the immediate vicinity of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, the O'Connell Center, the Advising Center, and the Florida Gym. A dining center is also nearby.