Bryant Hall with Statues, 1965

Bryant Hall with Statues, 1965

Dormitories

University of Alabama

Sports

Constructed for $1 million in 1963 and equipped with rooms for 136 athletes and a dining hall to feed 150, Bryant Hall was one of the finest athletic dorms in its time. Named for then athletic director and head football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant, it was the first building in the state of Alabama named for a living person and required the state legislature to waive a law that prohibited buildings from being named after a living person. In the late 1990s, the NCAA passed legislation that did away with athletic-specific housing and dining so part of Bryant Hall was then turned into an academic center.

In 2005, following 18 months of interior redesigning, Bryant Hall – the dorm – has been transformed into the Paul W. Bryant Academic Center. More than just fresh paint and new carpeting, Bryant Hall has been converted into a state-of-the-art academic facility that covers 52,300 square feet and features some of the most modern technology to benefit all of the over 425 Crimson Tide student-athletes.

Paul W. Bryant Museum

1965

Taylor Watson (Description)

Elizabeth Bradt (Description)

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