stanford_university commonly simply heart oldest stanford_university california collection connected buildings started completed damaged earthquake repaired severely damaged earthquake repaired remained beginning interiors buildings changed radically original purposes teaching research administration description built slight slope structure level ground elevated oriented slightly east north axis approach end mile long road palm drive leads main entrance university grounds lined palm trees southwestern campus end palm drive way loop large lawn called oval immediately perpendicular palm drive restricted official vehicles street lawn bicycle parking long sandstone originally built steps level main steps east steps hall building west steps building consists large courtyard surrounded connected buildings numbered clockwise additional connected buildings outer outer buildings create additional important entrance structure entrance east west entrances enter inner courtyard corners named clockwise history corner courtyard citrus trees engineering corner flowering cherry trees geology corner garden designed math corner engineering houses languages referred language corner respective disciplines corners gardens minor main inner courtyard large raised planting circles variety trees bushes open covered courtyard exterior entire structure main entrance east west year graduating class time capsule marks plaque walkway starting class right classes theirs later plaques reach nearly halfway western walkway west gatehouse time capsule plaque marking centennial opening university cornerstone building time capsule points interest hall building east history corner named family gave money early days housed university library originally built funds brother university founder uncle university named second story white statues corresponding building west math corner named president university statues original statues created franklin went missing renovation work found local sculptor installed buildings names building officially lane history corner named bill time building aka geology corner family building aka hall family families long connections stanford_university building named daughter died left university building named features sculptures grouping adjacent math corner casting sculpture statue consisting life sized figures commissioned 10th anniversary riots created piece public art dedicated lgbt rights originally intended installation new_york los_angeles statue proved controversial city second casting offered stanford accepted long term loan installed sculpture times years eventually accepted public art stanford new_york finally installed casting church building amy blue garden benches small dedicated memory daughter university president died aged scarlet fever garden memory university died age area named wife unusual acoustic properties church roses fountain designed created public spaces gardens stanford dedicated memory captain class killed november history architect created university master plan called university primarily housed inner outer design hired firm greatest american architect generation richardson died earlier year main associates carrying work firm group architects noted style features style including round low arches piers massive walls simple roofs prominent style adapted california mission theme primary building materials local yellow sandstone red tile roofs sandstone quarry california transported building site private railway spur hundreds laborers received sandstone cut size dressed finished skilled primarily italy installed embellished objections architects insisted main entrance large memorial arch enormously large approach arch built topped elaborate representing progress civilization america arch destroyed san_francisco earthquake rebuilt cornerstone laid building 19th birthday finished church time university opened completed entire structure severely damaged san_francisco earthquake restoration began immediately original features collapsed earthquake rebuilt huge entrance originally built masonry times earthquake damaged buildings language corner geology corner closed repairs years time spent negotiating paying repairs damaged repaired quickly private donations university recent buildings echo basic pattern buff colored walls red roofs arcades giving stanford campus distinctive look original university plan add additional buildings initially left right plan aside decades built west starting 1980s completed current use houses departments classrooms offices president administrative offices main courtyard university functions particular service held day main graduation ceremony graduation ceremonies annual alumni reunion dinner long standing tradition moon oldest form event stanford girl stanford woman kissed senior man light moon party kissing held moon school year university annual called stanford journal called sandstone tile named materials built
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