As is typical in the United States, most of the university's buildings were designed in the Collegiate Gothic architectural style; the last being Cawthon Hall dormitory in 1949.
Beginning with the University Center, the design of FSU's buildings shifted to Jacobethan/Jacobean architecture style, similar to the earlier Collegiate Gothic.
The Alumni Center Facility This building was designed by James Gamble Rogers II, a prominent architect based out of Winter Park, Florida.
He also designed the Florida Supreme Court Building, a Greek Revival structure on 500 South Duval Street.
Construction of this four-story classroom building was completed in February 1956 at the start of the university's second semester.
On October 20, 1956, the building was dedicated to Dr. Edward Conradi, the president of the Florida State College for Women from 1909 to 1941.
Originally called Senior Hall, this modern dormitory, with its large windows and patios, was designed by architect Robert Fitch Smith, and it was completed in April 1950.
She was popular with the students because she "modernized social rules regarding smoking, riding in cars, and dating."
[7] The three-story, L-shaped building was designed by Guy C. Fulton, AIA, Architect to the Board of Control.
In June 2012, the building was demolished to make room for the Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House.
[7] When President Doak Campbell started his tenure in the fall of 1941, the housing situation for the students was in dire need of an upgrade.
To ease crowded living arrangements, emergency housing was granted to the Florida State College for Women in 1944 by the War Production Board .
Prior to the construction of this building, student services were located in Westcott, Longmire, and various places around campus.
Pancoast was a prominent architect from South Florida who also designed the John S. Collins Memorial Library, now the Bass Museum.
On May 6, 1961, the building was renamed and dedicated to Elmer Riggs Smith, who was the head of the math department and assistant coach for the Florida State College football team in 1904.
Two FSU Presidents, TK Wetherell and Eric Barron, lived in Smith Hall.