Morning Twilight Shot of Pat Neff Hall from Founders Mall at Baylor University - Waco Central Texas #1 is a photograph by Silvio Ligutti which was uploaded on October 26th, 2015.
Morning Twilight Shot of Pat Neff Hall from Founders Mall at Baylor University - Waco Central Texas #1
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Morning Twilight Shot of Pat Neff Hall from Founders Mall at Baylor University - Waco Central Texas #1
Artist
Silvio Ligutti
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Photograph - Photography
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I set my alarm at 4:00 AM and made the drive from Cypress, TX to Waco in under 2 1/2 hours. Arriving a few minutes before civil twilight, I looked at the best possible compositions for this shot. As the sky was getting increasingly luminous, fast moving clouds appeared from the southeast, gracing the photograph with its motion on this 6-second exposure. I had initially photographed the building from the west, but then positioned myself on Founders Mall, next to the Draper Academic Building to capture another perspective. Thanks for looking.
Interesting facts about Pat Neff Hall. (Source: https://blogs.baylor.edu/texascollection/2014/11/10/texas-over-time-pat-neff-hall-baylor-university-waco/)
Pat Neff Hall was started in 1938 (with a Masonic cornerstone laying ceremony on December 7, 1938) and completed in 1939. The building was dedicated on Founders Day 1940.
President Neff received an offer from the General Educational Board of a $50,000 gift to the university if an administration building was built to free up classroom space.
The 46,000 sq. ft. building was built in the American Georgian style, by Waco architectural firm Birch D. Easterwood and Son, at a cost of around $250,000.
The original carillon (the Cullen F. Thomas Carillon) was initiated on December 21, 1939, but dedicated at the same time as the hall. The original carillon cost $15,000 and consisted of 25 bells. Chronic mechanical failures eventually led to its replacement by the McLane Carillion, named for the Drayton McLane family of Temple. Cast in France by the prestigious Paccard Bell Foundry, the 48 bell carillon cost $325,000, and was dedicated at Homecoming 1988. Read more about the McLane Carillon and its circuitous route to Baylor.
The dome was originally stainless steel, making it the second stainless steel roof in the country, until gold leafing was put on in 2000.
The tradition of green lights of Pat Neff after athletic wins was started in 1978.
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October 26th, 2015
