The main campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology occupies part of Midtown Atlanta, primarily bordered by 10th Street to the north, North Avenue to the south, and the Downtown Connector to the Ea
Tech Tower and Georgia Tech's East Campus in 2011 with Atlanta skyline in the background (Picture taken facing east)
Georgia Tech's East Campus and Central Campus as seen from an elevated point near Peachtree Street and North Avenue (Picture taken facing west)
Georgia Tech around 1900, with Tech Tower in the background
Beringause Building in 2019
The history of the Georgia Institute of Technology can be traced back to Reconstruction-era plans to develop the industrial base of the Southern United States. Founded on October 13, 1885, in Atlanta
Main campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology
…2002. As of 2019 it has a bed count of 122. Smith Residence Hall is a residence hall dedicated to John M. Smith, member of the first graduating class in Tech history. Smith Hall was designed under President Van Leer's tenure by the architects Bush-Brown, Gailey and Heffernan and built for $614,000. Smith Hall was…
An early photograph of Georgia Tech depicting the shop building (left) and Tech Tower (right)
Atlanta during the Civil War (c. 1864)
Samuel M. Inman, an early and lifelong supporter of Georgia Tech
Isaac S. Hopkins, president of Georgia Tech from 1888 to 1896