Description
The most recognizable landmark of the Institute, Tech Tower has soared over the center of campus—with much thanks to the hill on which it’s perched—since its completion in 1888, making it Georgia Tech’s oldest building. Originally constructed as the Administration Building, the tower itself rises three floors above the main structure, which houses four floors and a basement. It’s made of red brick, trimmed with granite, and sports a gabled, copper-shingle roof (originally terra cotta). The letters that spell out T-E-C-H on each side of the top of the tower, installed by Tech’s class of 1922, provided the edifice with its nickname. Light bulbs were added to the letters in the 1930s. Today, Tech Tower is officially known as the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building, named after one of the Institute’s most generous benefactors. The building currently houses the Registrar’s Office, the College of Engineering Dean’s Office and the College of Sciences Dean’s Office, among others.
