Together with the Roosevelt Tower (La Torre), it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones as the University of Puerto Rico Tower and The Quadrangle, for its unique history which represents the union between Puerto Rican architecture with the Jeffersonian Neoclassical style often seen in American universities.

[2][3] It is famous for its lines of Puerto Rican royal palm (Roystonea borinquena) or palma real and the architecture of its surrounding buildings.

[2] The University of Puerto Rico Theater was first built on its eastern edge in 1939.

[5][6] The Quadrangle is the largest courtyard space in the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus.

It is surrounding by buildings currently used by the University of Puerto Rico Administration and the College of Humanities.