A little exposure for the most beautiful campus in the US: UW Seattle!

The University of Washington, Seattle was founded in 1861 and is the older Univiersity on the West Coast (and also the most beautiful!). The University has 3 campuses, but the only one I'm focusing on today is the University District Campus in Seattle proper, and teaches about 42,000 students (this might be a cumulitive number, but if you see the campus itself, you'll see what I mean...check out this awesome Map).   It's an old school with a rich history, too rich and diverse for my to begin here. Suffice it to say, I'll only be focusing on my favorite sections :-D












I retrieved this photo from this website.  This looks like something you might see in Lourdes, France, or on Bohemia-Deutchland area.  This is actually a section of University of Washington Campus. 

To the left if the most beautiful Library I've seen in years, the Suzzallo Library.  According to Wikipedia's page on the Suzzallo Library, construction began in 1926 and finished in 1963, and was named after Henry Suzzallo, the President of the university, after his death in 1933. 

To the right, I believe, is Gerberding Hall, and information on this structure (available on the internet) is minimal.

Both of these buildings are connected to a section of the school called Red Square, which is a section connecting two of the University's main campus sections, the Liberal arts section to the North, and the Science and Engineering buildings.

Above is a photo of Pierce Lane, framed around the edges with Cherry trees in full blossom.  This lane passes by most of the Liberal Arts buildings, and a few of the Law School buildings, including the four main buildings of...

Smith Hall (retrieved from here)...

...Savery Hall (retrieved from here)....

...Riatt Hall (retieved from here)...

And Miller Hall...which I can't find a photo of, but if you look at the above photos, you should see a similar theme and have an ideaof what we're talking about.









The big highlight for me though, if I can't just walk through the campus for a few hours, is the Green House.  This beauty is over 80 years old (and looks it), but holds an amazing array of flora and fauna.  Among my personal favorites are the bog section, which includes a large selection of epiphytes, or plants that grown on other plants, such as several species of the all-popular Orchid.

(Photo retrieved from HERE)

The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is equally facinating, and worth a visit. The Architecture isn't quite to the same design standard as the majority of the buildings on campus, but the contents are well worth it.

(Photo retrieved from HERE)

One of the final attractions most worth noting is the Drumheller Fountain.  "Drumheller Fountain was originally the centerpiece of the Olmstead Brothers' landscape plan for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. It was called Geyser Basin at the time and it had a long cascade of water that flowed down the hill into it.   The Basin became known as Frosh Pond in the early 1900's after the numerous freshman students who were thrown into it. To this day the name has stuck."  (From here) 

(Photo retrieved from HERE)










This second photo of Drumheller fountain is just a little bit of a comparison.  The mountain in the background is Mt. Rainier.  This photo dates from around 1909, and can be found HERE.

Finally, if you see my checklist post, the last suggestion is the $50 trip; stick $50 in your pocket and just see where you end up. UW Seattle Campus is the best place to do this in.  Just be sure on this trip to pack your camera.