re: Iconic buildings on your campus

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I really like Auburn's old buildings. Are they Richardsonian Romanesque? Or what? Somebody gayer than me tell me the architectural style.

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Although the firm designed all types of structures from a small "baby" cottage at the Methodist Orphanage in Decatur (1899) to
The Agnes Scott (Main) Hall (1889), of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, was designed by the firm Bruce and Morgan. Agnes Scott Hall the massive Queen Anne style Wigwam Hotel in Indian Springs (1890), it specialized in large civic or education buildings in its early years. An early advertisement for the firm stated, "We make a specialty of planning Court-Houses, Colleges, Churches, Opera Houses, Libraries, and all public buildings." Most of these were picturesque in nature, often combining elements of the Romanesque revival, Queen Anne, Second Empire, and even Gothic revival. The 1883 Walton County Courthouse, for example, has a Second Empire Mansard roof, Italianate style eaves and brackets, Romanesque arches, Eastlake turned posts on a one-story porch, and an almost classical symmetry.


A second area of specialization was the design of public schools and colleges across several southern states. These were usually symmetrical in plan with great bell towers, terra-cotta decorations, and an array of Romanesque arches. Excellent examples are the Administration Building for the Georgia Institute of Technology (1888) in Atlanta and the main building for Agnes Scott College (1889) in Decatur

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