Administration Building (Texas Tech University)

Administration Building
The Administration Building on the Texas Tech University campus.
General information
Architectural style	Spanish Renaissance
Location	Lubbock, Texas
Construction started	1924
Completed	1925
Technical details
Floor count	4
Design and construction
Architect	Wyatt C. Hedrick

The Administration Building is a structure on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. It was one of the original buildings on the campus, and is modeled after the Universidad de Alcala de Henares in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. The Admin building has three floors and a basement and includes twin bell towers, double wings, and a courtyard. Some of the offices housed in the building include the Chancellor's Office, President's Office and Board of Regents Office.

Although the north facade draws inspiration from the Universidad de Alcala de Henares, the Administration Building is reminiscent of a typical mid-sixteenth century, Plateresque period Spanish Alcaldia or city hall. The north facade of the building contains very fine detailed ornamentation and is symbolic of the historical background of the region, and the philosophical aims and goals of the early Texas Technological College. The selection of much of the ornamentation of the building is credited to Texas Tech College's first president, Dr. Paul Horn including two quotes on the north facade. Additionally the seals of Spain, France, Mexico, the Confederacy, the United States and Texas are also contained on the north facade and symbolize the six nations that have had sovereignty over Texas, at one time or another. Over the ten twin-arched windows of the second level of the north facade appear ten portrait medallions of significant figures in American and Texas history. The portraits include Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Woodrow Wilson, James Hogg, Albert Sidney Johnston, Davy Crockett, Steven F. Austin, and Sam Houston.