{{short description|Building located on the Belknap Campus of the University of Louisville}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Grawemeyer Hall | nrhp_type = nhl | designated_other1 = | designated_other1_date = | designated_other1_number = | designated_other1_num_position = | image = Grawhallul.jpg | caption = | location = Louisville, Kentucky | coordinates = {{coord|38.215113|-85.760168|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Kentucky#USA | area = | built = 1926 | architect = Allied Architects of Kentucky | architecture = Early Republic, Neoclassical | designated_nrhp_type = | added = June 25, 1976 | refnum = 76000908 | nrhp_type2 = | designated_nrhp_type2 = | partof = University of Louisville Campus | partof_refnum = }} '''Grawemeyer Hall''' is a building located on the Belknap Campus (main campus) of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. The building was modeled after Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda on the grounds of the University of Virginia. Named for Charles Grawemeyer, a major benefactor to the university, the building now houses mostly administrative offices including the office of the university's president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grawemeyer Hall |url=https://archive.louisville.com/tags/grawemeyer-hall |website=Louisville.com}}</ref>
The building was designed by the Allied Architects of Kentucky, a consortium of architects. Consortium members Frederic L. Morgan and Arthur G. Tafel were chiefly responsible for the design.<ref name="MorganEncyclopedia">William Morgan, "Morgan, Frederic Lindley" in ''The Encyclopedia of Louisville'', ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001): 626.</ref>
On the steps of the building rests one of the original castings of Auguste Rodin's The Thinker. This casting is one of the few originals in the United States and the only one in the American South.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Team |first1=UofL Web |title=Grawemeyer Hall |url=http://events.louisville.edu/grawemeyer_hall#.WyqoaadKjIU |website=University of Louisville |language=en}}</ref>
Inside, under the dome of the Rotunda, a Foucault Pendulum extends 72 feet to the lower level. It was added to the building during renovation in 1977 and has been in operation nearly continuously since then. <ref name="ULFoucaultPendulum">[John Kielkopf, ''The University of Louisville Foucault Pendulum'', {{cite web |title=Foucault Pendulum |url=https://www.astro.louisville.edu/foucault/index.html}}</ref>
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Category:University of Louisville Category:University and college buildings and structures completed in 1926 Category:1926 establishments in Kentucky Category:National Register of Historic Places in Louisville, Kentucky