Mary Reed Hall

The hall's main architectural feature of its central tower has become an iconic image for the university, its likeness appearing on stationery, graduation announcements, class rings, and other memorabilia.

Over the years, Reed added more than $200,000 to her previous contributions, served on the board of trustees and received an honorary degree in 1939.

The University of Denver chose a site that was centrally located on campus and that had a view of the Rocky Mountains.

The red bricks used on the Mary Reed Building were specially made by Denver Sewer Pipe and Clay Company and Indiana limestone.

With a 126-foot (38 m) central tower, the building was supposed to reflect a modified collegiate gothic style structure.

The facility boasts gothic arches and windows, wrought-iron railings with aluminum caps, exhibit cases, cathedral lights specially designed with bronze and iron, and terrazzo stairways and corner halls.

[1] Mary Reed's portrait hangs in the Renaissance Room in honor of a request she made before her death and to remind the public of her generosity to the University of Denver.

Examples include books being strewn around locked rooms, sightings of a ghostly woman, and alarms going off when the building is deserted.