The historic University of Alabama campus is 175 years old and ranks among the most beautiful in the country. Buildings on campus date from the 1830’s and have a combined replacement cost totaling more than half a billion dollars.

• There were 4 buildings that survived the Civil War.
• Age distribution of our buildings
  • 28% are over 50 years old
  • 31% are between 25 and 50 years old
  • 18% are between 10 and 25 years old
  • 23% are under 10 years of age
• 297 buildings containing over 10.6 million gross sq. ft. of space
• 1,000+/- acres
• 10.75 miles of University owned streets
• 3 miles of city owned streets within the campus boundaries
• 2.5 miles of state owned streets
• University owned electrical distribution system
• University owned steam plant with 2 natural gas boilers and distribution system