Gibson Circle Monuments

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Tulane University now has a distinctive new entrance. A beautiful marker on the front lawn spells out "Tulane University" in bronze letters and four 11-foot tall limestone pylons are at the entrances of Gibson Circle. These pylons will be engraved with the "TU" shield, a symbol used on Tulane buildings for more than a century.

The limestone used in the construction of these markers has been mined from the same Indiana quarry which provided the building material for Gibson, Tilton-Memorial and Dinwiddie Halls. And, the structures were designed to reflect the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style of Tulane's earliest buildings. These signs will provide an elegant, distinct and memorable entrance to the uptown campus for generations to come.

Funding for the new entrance has been provided by the generosity of a Tulane parent, whose son graduated from the university in May 2004.

Find more information about this project in the May 2004 issue of Inside Tulane: "Carved in Stone."