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{{short description|Historic building of the Georgia Institute of Technology}}
{{Primary sources|date=July 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building
| former_names = Administration Building<br />Academic Building
| image = TechTower.jpg
| caption = Exterior in 2004
| architectural_style = [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] and [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]]
| location = [[Atlanta]], Georgia, United States
| address = 225 [[North Avenue (Atlanta)|North Avenue]] [[Cardinal direction|NW]]
| owner = [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]
| current_tenants = Administration
| coordinates = {{Coord|33|46|20.6|N|84|23|41.0|W|region:US-GA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| start_date = June 1887
| completion_date = September 1888
| other_dimensions = {{cvt|130|ft|m}} wide<br />120 feet deep
| floor_count = 4 (main complex)<br />7 (tower)
| main_contractor = Angus McGilvray
| architect = [[Bruce & Morgan]]
| embedded = {{Infobox NRHP
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 |partof = [[Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District]]
 |nrhp_type = cp
 |nocat = yes
 |added = October 25, 1978
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The '''Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building''', commonly known as '''Tech Tower''', is a historic building and focal point of the central campus of the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] (Georgia Tech) in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, United States.

Located at 225 [[North Avenue (Atlanta)|North Avenue]] [[Cardinal direction|NW]] in [[Midtown Atlanta]], it was erected in 1888 as the '''Academic Building''', with classrooms to complement the hands-on training in the adjacent shop building. It was the second edifice completed on the Georgia Tech campus and it is the oldest surviving one.<ref name="towerweb">{{cite web |first=John |last=Holcombe |url=http://www.space.gatech.edu/danshiki/Tower/TowerWeb.html |title=TowerWeb: Historic Images and Information about the Georgia Tech Tower''s'' |publisher=Georgia Tech Capital Planning and Space Management |access-date=2007-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518164346/http://www.space.gatech.edu/danshiki/Tower/TowerWeb.html |archive-date=May 18, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="moniker">{{Cite news |first=Karl |last=Guertin |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7750 |title=Tech's moniker reveals its true history |newspaper=[[The Technique]] |volume=89 |issue=23 |page=8 |date=February 13, 2004 |hdl=1853/7750 |access-date=2009-01-27 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153217/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7750 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tech Tower has achieved local, cultural, and historical significance. Monuments and plaques commemorating philanthropy towards Georgia Tech adorn the building and surrounding landscape. The red brick, [[Victorian architecture|Victorian-style]] building is the architectural anchor of the [[Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District]],<ref name="Historic District">{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/git.htm |title=Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District |access-date=2006-12-21 |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |archive-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109162538/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/git.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> a landmark of tradition and school spirit,<ref name="GeorgiaEncyc">{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-3806 |title=Tech Tower |access-date=2006-12-21 |publisher=New Georgia Encyclopedia |archive-date=October 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003223917/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-3806 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="UseTheTower">{{cite news |work=The Technique |title=Use the tower |url=http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1996/feb9/editorials1-s.html |date=February 9, 1996 |access-date=2007-02-01 |archive-date=February 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218183605/http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1996/feb9/editorials1-s.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the present-day administrative hub of the Institute. It has been the site of many ceremonies and important events, including a visit by U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and its dedication in honor of [[Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans]], "Tech's greatest [[benefactor (law)|benefactor]]."<ref>{{cite news |first=Allison |last=Roberts |url=http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1998/feb20/campuslife2.html |title=Administration Building to be renamed after Tech benefactor |work=The Technique |date=February 20, 1998 |access-date=2007-05-20 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719203037/http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1998/feb20/campuslife2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lighted signs spelling ''TECH'' hang on each of the four sides of the seven-story central tower, dominating the building's facade and visible from many parts of the Georgia Tech campus and surrounding area. Georgia Tech students have several times stolen the letter 'T' from one of these signs, a prank once tolerated but now strictly forbidden.<ref name="PresidentialOpinions">{{Cite news |title=Presidential opinions change over time |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7841 |date=August 24, 2001 |volume=87 |issue=5 |page=10 |access-date=2009-01-27 |last=Shaw |first=Jody |newspaper=The Technique |hdl=1853/7841 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153226/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7841 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
{{see also|History of Georgia Tech}}
<!--[[File:Tech Tower Litho ca1892.gif|thumb|left|A close-up of a lithograph showing Tech Tower (center), and the surrounding area, circa 1892]]-->
[[File:Tech Tower and Shop 1899.jpg|An early photograph of the new Shop Building (left) and Tech Tower (right), {{Circa|1899}}|left|thumb]]

In 1887, the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] acquired {{cvt|9|acre|ha}} of land from Atlanta pioneer [[Richard Peters (Atlanta)|Richard Peters]] that would form the original campus of what was then called the Georgia School of Technology, as well as the site of its first two structures. The state hired the well-known architectural firm Bruce & Morgan to design an Academic Building, containing "ample accommodations in halls, offices, apparatus rooms, recitation and lecture rooms, [[drawing|free hand]] and [[technical drawing|mechanical drawing]] rooms, library and chapel," as well as a Shop Building, in which "[[boiler]] and engine rooms, [[carpentry|wood shop]], [[machining|machine shop]], [[forge|forge room]] and [[foundry]]" were located.<ref name="AnnualCatalogue">{{cite book |title=Annual Catalogue Announcement for 1888–'89 |year=1889 |publisher=Constitution Publishing Company |url=http://www.space.gatech.edu/danshiki/Tower/Catalogue.html |access-date=2007-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517011351/http://www.space.gatech.edu/danshiki/Tower/Catalogue.html |archive-date=May 17, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Both buildings boasted towers and edifices of similar design. The complementary names and purposes of these buildings reflected the School's founding principles of valuing both [[theory]] and [[practice (learning method)|practice]], while their similar appearance emphasized the equal standing of these principles. Construction work, contracted by Angus McGilvray with his low bid of [[United States dollar|US$]]43,250 ($&nbsp;{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|43250|1887}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}), began with the Academic Building in June 1887; the building was completed in September 1888. The Shop Building, completed shortly afterward, was destroyed by fire in 1892 and rebuilt more modestly without a tower.<ref name="towerweb" /> Following this, the Academic Building, later known as Tech Tower,<ref name="NamingEvans">{{cite web |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11290 |title=Naming of the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building |access-date=2006-12-21 |last=Clough |first=G. Wayne |author2=Andrea Ashmore |author-link=G. Wayne Clough |date=May 22, 1998 |format=PDF |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology |pages=1–3 |hdl=1853/11290 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153224/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/11290 |url-status=live }}</ref> became the oldest building on the Georgia Tech campus, a distinction it continues to hold more than a century later.

[[File:TheodoreRooseveltGeorgiaTech.jpg|thumb|left|[[Theodore Roosevelt]] speaks on the steps of Tech Tower.]]
[[File:Tech Tower-7.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Tech Tower]]
On October 20, 1905, U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] visited the Georgia Tech campus. On the steps of Tech Tower, Roosevelt presented a speech about the importance of engineering education.<ref name="PresidentialVisit">{{cite web |title=Presidential Tour of Campus Not the First for the Institute |date=2002-03-27 |archive-date=2007-05-13 |url=http://www.gatech.edu/presidential-visit/presidential-history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513063007/http://www.gatech.edu/presidential-visit/presidential-history.html}}</ref> He then shook hands with each of the 500 students present.<ref name="EventfulYear">{{cite web |title=One Hundred Years Ago Was Eventful Year at Tech |work=BuzzWords |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |date=October 1, 2005 |url=http://gtalumni.org/buzzwords/oct05/article389.html |access-date=2006-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014195348/http://gtalumni.org/buzzwords/oct05/article389.html |archive-date=October 14, 2007}}</ref><ref name="TechTimeline">{{cite web |title=Tech Timeline |url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/timeline/ |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |access-date=2007-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807214928/http://gtalumni.org/Publications/timeline/ |archive-date=August 7, 2007}}</ref>

Georgia Tech's Class of 1922 installed the famous ''TECH'' signs on all four sides of Tech Tower in 1918,<ref name="RamblinMemories">{{cite web |title=Tech Tower |work=Ramblin' Memories: Traditions, Legends and Sounds of Georgia Tech |url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtraditions/traditions/techtower.html |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |access-date=2007-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907192110/http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtraditions/traditions/techtower.html |archive-date=September 7, 2007}}</ref> giving rise to the building's present nickname. Their purpose, as defined by the donors during their first year at Georgia Tech, was to "light the spirit of Tech to the [[cardinal direction|four points of the compass]]." The signs were originally made of wood and painted white and gold – the Institute colors. In the 1930s, lightbulbs were affixed to the signs to illuminate them more effectively than the earlier ground-based spotlights.<ref name="dhwg">{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Wallace |title=Dress Her in WHITE and GOLD: A biography of Georgia Tech |publisher=[[Georgia Tech Foundation]] |year=1969}}</ref><!-- p113-114 --> In 1949, the ''TECH'' signs were supplemented by [[neon sign|neon lighting]] in metal frames.<ref name="TechHistory">{{cite web |url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/sum04/article1.html |title=A Walk Through Tech's History |access-date=2006-12-21 |date=Summer 2004 |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524115055/http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/sum04/article1.html |archive-date=May 24, 2007}}</ref>

In 1978, Tech Tower and the surrounding {{cvt|9|acre|ha}} of the original campus were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the [[Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District]].<ref name="Historic District"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/GA/Fulton/state2.html |title=Georgia (GA), Fulton County: Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District |work=National Register of Historical Places |access-date=2007-05-26 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233501/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ga/Fulton/state2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Near the entrance to Tech Tower, a [[Georgia historical marker]] maintained by the [[Georgia Historical Society]] commemorates this listing as well as the early history of the Georgia Tech campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-8 |title=Historic Marker: Plaque |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083010/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-8 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:TechTowerPlaque01.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A plaque near the front doors of Tech Tower recognizes the building's eponymous benefactor, [[Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans]].]]
On May 22, 1998, Tech Tower was officially renamed the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building in a ceremony presided over by Tech president [[G. Wayne Clough]].<ref name="NamingEvans"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usg.edu/regents/minutes/1998/apr98.phtml |access-date=2008-01-27 |date=April 7, 1998 |publisher=Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia |title=Meeting Minutes |quote=The Board approved President G. Wayne Clough's request to name the Georgia Institute of Technology Administration Building the "Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building" to honor Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131123431/http://www.usg.edu/regents/minutes/1998/apr98.phtml |archive-date=January 31, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Although neither she nor her husbands attended Georgia Tech as a student, [[Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans]] was a longtime benefactor of the Institute, contributing over $340&nbsp;million through her philanthropic organization, the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation.<ref name="FiftyYears">{{cite news |url=http://www.gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/fall02/article1.html |title=Fifty Years, Fifty Women |work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |date=Fall 2002 |access-date=2007-05-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231123950/http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/fall02/article1.html |archive-date=December 31, 2005}}</ref>

Tech Tower's continuous use since its completion in 1888 has required occasional maintenance and refurbishment. It underwent extensive [[renovation]]s in 1965 with a focus on remodeling the building's interior layout.<ref name="MSAA">{{cite web |url=http://www.artery.org/GaTech.htm |title=Georgia Institute of Technology |access-date=2006-12-21 |publisher=Marietta Street Artery Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102040958/http://www.artery.org/GaTech.htm |archive-date=January 2, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> During this time, the library and chapel were replaced with modern office space and furnishings. In contrast, efforts directed towards the exterior of the building have aimed to preserve its historic appearance. A restoration project called the "Tech Tower Renovation" began in 1987, spearheaded by alumnus Eugene M. "Gene" Clary's gift of new copper shingles with which to replace Tech Tower's aging roof tiles.<ref name="TechHistory"/> Clary first suggested gold-colored shingles, but [[John Patrick Crecine]], Georgia Tech's president at the time, insisted on copper shingles to match the building's original construction materials.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/spr04/livinghistory.html |work=Tech Topics |title=Self-made Success: Gene Clary finds satisfaction in work |date=Spring 2004 |access-date=2007-06-01 |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041109165355/http://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/spr04/livinghistory.html |archive-date=November 9, 2004}}</ref> One of these shingles and a small marker inside the Tech Tower entrance lobby commemorate Clary and his donation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-17 |title=Tech Tower Renovation: Plaque |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning and Space Management |access-date=2014-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081502/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-17 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Additional restoration of Tech Tower's exterior and the Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District, funded by the Class of 1950 and Class of 1975, began in 2000. As part of Phase I of the Georgia Tech Master Plan of 1997, the area was made "more [[pedestrian#Pedestrianisation|pedestrian-friendly]]" with the removal of access roads and the addition of landscaping improvements, benches, and other facilities.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Technique |last=Kumar |first=Neeraj |title=New construction on the Hill recreates historic appearance near Tech Tower |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7930 |access-date=2009-01-27 |date=September 22, 2000 |volume=86 |issue=9 |pages=1, 5 |hdl=1853/7930 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153222/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7930 |url-status=live }}</ref> Further renovations to Tech Tower were completed during 2015–2016, which cost $7.5 million, and addressed fire, safety, and accessibility issues. These renovations were designed to improve occupant safety and comfort and also improve building energy efficiency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.gatech.edu/2015/09/14/renovations-come-tech-tower |title=Renovations Come to Tech Tower |work=Georgia Tech News Center |publisher=gatech.edu |access-date=2017-01-07 |date=2015-09-14 |archive-date=May 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518045800/http://www.news.gatech.edu/2015/09/14/renovations-come-tech-tower |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Structure and appearance==
[[File:GeorgiaTechSteamWhistle.jpg|right|thumb|The "steam engine," a steam-driven [[air compressor]] on Cherry Street, with Tech Tower in the background]]
Tech Tower is built in the [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] style with [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] influences. The building's original specifications, according to Georgia Tech's first ''Annual Catalogue Announcement'' published in 1889, are listed as {{cvt|130|ft|m}} wide and {{cvt|120|ft|m}} deep.<ref name="AnnualCatalogue" /> It is constructed primarily of red brick and trimmed with [[granite]]. The [[gable]]d roof, originally [[terra cotta]], was later replaced by copper shingles.<ref name="TechHistory"/> The main complex of the building stands four stories high plus a basement. The tower portion stands seven stories high and is topped with four lighted ''TECH'' signs (one on each side) and a high pitched roof. The main entrance to the building is accessed by ascending a small staircase and entering a small porch which forms the base of Tech Tower. Most of the building's windows are simple rectangular frames, with the exception of those on the third floor, which are arched. The entire complex sits on the crest of a tree-dotted hill, giving it the appearance of being larger than it actually is.<ref name="MSAA" />
[[File:Whistle Tech Tower.jpg|thumb|x210px|left|[[Georgia Tech traditions#The Whistle|The Whistle]] and Tech Tower]]

===Surroundings===
As the oldest building on the Georgia Tech campus, Tech Tower has accumulated a number of peripheral [[monument]]s and sites of interest over the years. Two walkways encircle the building, including the Tower Walk, donated by the Class of 1950 in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-6 |title=Class of 1950 Tower Walk: Plaque |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814173449/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-6 |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=031-1 |title=Class of 1975 Reunion Walk: Plaque |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814172213/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=031-1 |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/win00/black.html#article2 |title=Lasting Generosity |work=Tech Topics |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |date=Winter 2000 |access-date=2007-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502164353/http://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/win00/black.html |archive-date=May 2, 2006}}</ref> Georgia Tech's first class memorial, a marble drinking fountain, was donated in 1911 by the Class of 1903 and is situated east of Tech Tower's main entrance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-4 |title=Class of 1903: Fountain |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722120615/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-4 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Also near the main entrance to Tech Tower is a [[marble]]d pair of benches donated by the Class of 1925 in memory of those who died in [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-15 |title=Class of 1925 WW I Memorial: Bench |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085834/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-15 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> A few feet away stands a marbled bench memorial to Paul Howes Norcross, a 1902 Georgia Tech alumnus and former [[American Society of Civil Engineers|ASCE]] president who perished in the [[M.E. Norman|''Norman'']] boat disaster of May 8, 1925.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-10 |title=Norcross, Paul Howes: Bench |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722120623/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-10 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The headstone of [[Georgia Tech traditions#Sideways the Dog|Sideways the dog]] is located near Tech Tower's rear entrance,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-13 |title=Sideways: Gravestone |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014901/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-13 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtraditions/legends/sideways.html |title=Sideways the Dog |work=Tech Traditions |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |access-date=2007-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902132042/http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtraditions/legends/sideways.html |archive-date=September 2, 2007}}</ref> as is an informational placard detailing Tech Tower's early history, donated by the Class of 1932.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-5 |title=Class of 1932: Map Box |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135745/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-5 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> A staircase donated by the ANAK Society in 1921 connects Tech Tower to the adjacent D. P. Savant Building via a continuous sidewalk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-3 |title=Anak Society Staircase |work=Monument List |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology Capital Planning & Space Management |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722120539/http://data.space.gatech.edu/mon.cfm?ffn=035-3 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Finally, a steam-driven [[air compressor]], colloquially known as the "steam engine," sits prominently at the top of the hill near Tech Tower as a reminder of the school's industrial roots.<ref name="towerweb"/><ref name="moniker"/>

==Modern use==
[[File:Ivan Allen College logo.png|thumb|300px|right|The logo of the [[Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts]] features a stylized version of Tech Tower and the [[Kessler Campanile]].]]<!-- image is 300px in order to properly display a relatively small portion of the image -->
As its official name suggests, Tech Tower is primarily used for [[academic administration|administrative]] purposes. It houses the Office of the [[Registrar (education)|Registrar]], the Office of Capital Planning and Space Management (CPSM), the Internal Auditing Department, and offices for the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL). In addition, the [[dean (education)|deans]] of the [[Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] and the [[Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences|College of Sciences]] have offices in Tech Tower.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coe.gatech.edu/about/directions.php |title=Directions to the Dean's Office |publisher=Georgia Tech College of Engineering |access-date=2007-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308043953/http://www.coe.gatech.edu/about/directions.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=March 8, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cos.gatech.edu/directions.htm |title=Directions/Map/Parking |publisher=Georgia Tech College of Sciences |access-date=2007-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814084750/http://www.cos.gatech.edu/directions.htm |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tech Tower is considered an iconic representation of Georgia Tech and of higher education in [[Atlanta]]. It is often featured in marketing materials and merchandise for the Institute and its silhouette is recognized throughout the [[Atlanta metropolitan area]]. ''The Tower'', Georgia Tech's undergraduate research journal, is named after Tech Tower.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/18834 |access-date=2009-01-27 |date=November 30, 2007 |title=Tech's first research journal begins submission process |last=Kent |first=Julie |newspaper=The Technique |volume=93 |issue=18 |pages=11, 13 |hdl=1853/18834 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153222/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/18834 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kessler Campanile]], a stylized bell tower built on the Georgia Tech campus as part of an Institute-wide branding campaign in the mid-1990s, was designed to look like a modernized version of Tech Tower.<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia Tech Kessler Campanile |publisher=Architectural Support Services, Inc. |url=http://assi-cad.com/gatech.html |access-date=2007-02-01 |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204032641/http://assi-cad.com/gatech.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-3802 |title=Kessler Campanile |encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia |access-date=2007-05-26 |archive-date=March 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310225328/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-3802 |url-status=live }}</ref> The campanile is now featured in all Georgia Tech logos, though some have argued that Tech Tower itself would be a more appropriate symbol.<ref name="UseTheTower" />

==Stealing the 'T'==
{{see also|Georgia Tech traditions}}
Students have stolen the huge, symbolic letter 'T' on the Tech Tower's ''TECH'' signs a number of times.<ref name="ujc">{{Cite news |date=September 7, 2001 |access-date=2009-01-27 |newspaper=The Technique |title=UJC recommends suspension for 'T' thieves |last=Barday |first=Nasir |volume=87 |issue=6 |pages=1, 11 |hdl=1853/7829 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7829 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153222/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7829 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 'T' is then returned at the halftime of the [[homecoming]] [[college football|football]] game, and the students' achievement celebrated. Tradition dictates that the first 'T' to be stolen should be the one facing east,<ref name="tbook">{{cite web |last=Kessler |first=Kyle |work=tbook |url=http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/tbook/older/traditions/t.html |publisher=Cyberbuzz |title=The "T" |access-date=2007-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521180217/http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/tbook/older/traditions/t.html <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=May 21, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/reck/traditionsStealingT.php |title=Stealing the 'T' |publisher=Ramblin' Reck Club |access-date=2007-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210155133/http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/reck/traditionsStealingT.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=February 10, 2007}}</ref> as this can most easily be seen from the [[Downtown Connector]].<ref name="tbook"/> The groups of students responsible for 'T' thefts generally assume dramatic pseudonyms, such as the "Mystic Marauders" or the "Sneaky Four." Pervasive rumors of a detailed plan held in the Institute's archives to execute "the perfect T theft," crafted by an unnamed Georgia Tech [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]], are apparently spurious.<ref name="SymbolSchoolSpirit">{{cite news |title=Tech Tower is a symbol of school spirit |url=http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/fall1997/sep26/campuslife6.html |date=September 26, 1997 |access-date=2007-09-21 |last=Edwards |first=Pat |work=The Technique |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721120307/http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/fall1997/sep26/campuslife6.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Notable thefts===
[[File:TechTowerSign.jpg|A closeup of Tech Tower's iconic ''TECH'' signage|thumb|right]]
The 'T' was first stolen in April 1969 by a secret group of Georgia Tech fraternity brothers calling themselves the "Magnificent Seven".<ref name="Dismantling">{{cite news |title=Dismantling a tradition |work=Tech Topics |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |date=Winter 1999 |access-date=2007-02-02 |url=http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/win99/hill.html#stealing |last=Coffee |first=Hoyt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115061811/http://www.gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/win99/hill.html |archive-date=January 15, 2005}}</ref> Inspired by a similar prank that had taken place in 1968 at [[Harvard University]], the students planned the theft as a means of commemorating Institute President [[Edwin D. Harrison]]'s retirement.<ref name="ens">{{cite book |first=Robert C. |last=McMath |author2=Ronald H. Bayor |author3=James E. Brittain |author4=Lawrence Foster |author5=August W. Giebelhaus |author6=Germaine M. Reed |title=Engineering the New South: Georgia Tech 1885–1985 |year=1985 |publisher=[[University of Georgia Press]] |location=Athens, GA |isbn=0-8203-0784-X}}</ref><!-- p368 --> The 'T' was returned several days later via helicopter at the behest of Atlanta mayor [[Ivan Allen Jr.|Ivan Allen]].<ref name="PresidentialOpinions"/>
{{quote|A high point of the celebration came when Tech students unveiled and presented to Harrison a {{cvt|5|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} T – a part of the four Tech signs around the top of the administration building that had mysteriously disappeared the preceding week – so that he would have what every Tech man needed, his own glowing yellow T for a conversation piece.<ref name="ens"/><!-- p368 -->}}

On the evening of November 6, 1997, the 'T's were nearly stolen from the north, south and west sides of Tech Tower by five students wielding hacksaws, tin snips, and [[rappelling]] equipment.<ref name="tbook" /><ref name="KidnappedTReturns">{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Lange |url=http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1998/feb6/news2.html |title=Kidnapped 'T' returns to Tech Tower |work=The Technique |date=February 6, 1998 |access-date=2007-05-17 |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721120322/http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1998/feb6/news2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The students were caught by Georgia Tech police acting on a tip provided by an anonymous informant.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/fall1997/nov14/news3.html |title=Night of 'sightseeing' leaves Tech Tower T-less |website=technique.library.gatech.edu |access-date=2019-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110235108/http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/fall1997/nov14/news3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The stolen north 'T' was recovered in the back of a blue Ford Explorer that was parked at the Copper Kettle on Howell Mill Road, also in response to an anonymous tip. Each student was required to pay $2,446.75 in damages ($&nbsp;{{formatnum:{{inflation|US|2446.75|1997}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}) although criminal charges were not filed. The Georgia Tech Office of Facilities reinstalled the 'T' on January 31, 1998, 87&nbsp;days after its attempted theft.<ref name="KidnappedTReturns" /><ref>{{cite news |title='T' thieves face the music |work=The Technique |last=Lange |first=Scott |url=http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1998/feb13/news9.html |access-date=2007-02-02 |date=February 13, 1998 |archive-date=September 5, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905175404/http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/winter1998/feb13/news9.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

One of the most theatrical thefts of the 'T' occurred over the summer of 1999. The 'T' on the north face of Tech Tower was stolen by a group of "six or seven people" on the morning of June 3, 1999. The perpetrators wrote a letter detailing the theft to the editorial staff of ''[[The Technique]]'', Georgia Tech's student newspaper. The letter, an abridged version of which was subsequently printed in the summer issue of ''The Technique'', described the process of stealing the 'T' by lowering it via a rope and moving it to a secret location. The letter also included a photograph of the 'T' "on vacation" in [[Bath (Berkeley Springs), West Virginia|Berkeley Springs, West Virginia]]. Finally, the perpetrators indicated plans to return the 'T' during the Georgia Tech Homecoming Parade, according to tradition, as long as no criminal charges would be brought against them. The letter was signed by fictitious Georgia Tech alumnus [[George P. Burdell]].<ref name="vacation">
{{cite web |date=1999-07-09 |archive-date=2007-06-21 |url=http://www.nique.net/issues/1999-07-09/opinions/2 |title=Summer vacation isn't just for students and profs; why not let the 'T' have some fun now and then? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621014437/http://www.nique.net/issues/1999-07-09/opinions/2 |work=The Technique}}</ref> However, the Institute released a notice that those who stole the 'T' would be harshly punished,<ref name="PresidentsViews">
{{cite web |url=http://www.nique.net/issues/1999-10-01/opinions/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204114636/http://www.nique.net/issues/1999-10-01/opinions/2 |title=PRESIDENT'S VIEWS Letter to Community |date=1999-10-01 |archive-date=2007-02-04 |work=The Technique}}</ref> and therefore the 'T' remains to this day at an undisclosed location.

The replacement 'T' on the north face of Tech Tower was stolen on May 28, 2001 by three students, two of whom were found guilty of numerous conduct code violations by the Undergraduate Judiciary Cabinet and subsequently suspended.<ref name="ujc"/> The students had successfully removed the 'T' from its mount but were caught in the act by authorities when the removal triggered an alarm. In October 2005, a replica of the 'T' was stolen from the Student Services Building and returned two days later.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7781 |title=Replica Tech Tower 'T' stolen from Student Services Building |last=Joshi |first=Nikhil |newspaper=The Technique |volume=91 |issue=11 |pages=1, 4 |date=October 7, 2005 |hdl=1853/7781 |access-date=2009-01-27 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153223/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7781 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Around midday on March 18, 2014, it was discovered that the north-facing 'T' had been stolen from Tech Tower.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/03/18/t-stolen-georgia-tech-tower/6571551/ |title='T' stolen from Georgia Tech Tower |publisher=[[WXIA]] |date=March 18, 2014 |access-date=2014-03-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140318203301/http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/03/18/t-stolen-georgia-tech-tower/6571551/ |archive-date=March 18, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In this case, the thief admitted guilt after detectives approached him at his residence that afternoon, and was suspended through the following summer, while also having to pay a restitution fee and tuition to retake his nearly completed Spring 2014 classes.<ref>{{cite news |title=The "T" thief speaks out |url=http://nique.net/opinions/2014/04/18/the-t-thief-speaks-out/ |access-date=2014-12-05 |date=April 18, 2014 |work=The Technique |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208163736/http://nique.net/opinions/2014/04/18/the-t-thief-speaks-out/ |url-status=live }}</ref> To handle this financial burden, the restitution fee alone totaling $14,823.98, a [[GoFundMe]] was created by a friend of the thief that was well known on campus, to assure its legitimacy, without revealing the thief's identity (the friend's name has since been removed from the post because of negative pressure from the GT administration).<ref>{{cite news |title=Help the T Thief Replace the T |url=https://www.gofundme.com/8uk5pk/ |access-date=2016-07-21 |date=May 2, 2014 |work=[[GoFundMe]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512030418/http://www.gofundme.com/8uk5pk |archive-date=May 12, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Ncstaestole.jpg|A 'T' goes missing during the 2006 GT–[[North Carolina State University|NC State]] football game.|thumb|x130px|right]]
The tradition of stealing the 'T' from Tech Tower has inspired [[copycat crimes]] involving other signage. During a Georgia Tech–[[North Carolina State University|NC State]] [[college football|football]] game on November 4, 2006, the second 'T' from a large {{Smallcaps|nc state university}} banner mysteriously vanished from the upper deck of [[Carter–Finley Stadium]] where it had been hanging. It was widely assumed across the Tech campus that the prank was pulled off by a group of Georgia Tech students in an [[Homage (arts)|homage]] to the longstanding Tech Tower tradition; however, it is possible that the T in the banner came loose and fell to the stands below.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/wreck_ramblin/2006/11/was_a_t_stolen_.html |title=Who stole a T out of NC STATE |work=Wreck Ramblin |date=November 6, 2006 |access-date=2009-01-21 |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417025939/http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/wreck_ramblin/2006/11/was_a_t_stolen_.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Another copy cat incident occurred some time after the 2012 [[Battle of the Techs|football game with Virginia Tech]] when vandals, believed to be Yellow Jacket fans, pried a T off of the sign in front of Virginia Tech's [[Lane Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/t-stolen-virginia-tech-lane-adium-154326200--ncaaf.html |title='T' stolen from Virginia Tech's Lane S adium |work=Dr. Saturday |first=Matt |last=Hinton |publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=September 5, 2012 |access-date=2012-09-05 |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827101331/https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/t-stolen-virginia-tech-lane-adium-154326200--ncaaf.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The 'T' was later dropped off at night to the Georgia Tech Police Department. The Georgia Tech president returned it to the Virginia Tech president in September 2012 along with an apology.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ww2.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/314228/ |title=Missing "T" returned to Virginia Tech, with apology |work=[[The Roanoke Times]] |first=Tonia |last=Moxley |date=September 18, 2012 |access-date=2012-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140816015852/http://ww2.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/314228/ |archive-date=August 16, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Defaced Student Center Sign, Georgia Tech.jpg|thumb|Sign for the Student Center at Georgia Tech with the Ts stolen|alt= |left]]
Similar copycat crimes have occurred on the Georgia Tech campus. In late 2001, a group of Georgia Tech students calling itself the "Caldwell Liberation Army" stole 32 'T's from signs on 16 campus buildings over a period of two nights. The students, who were not caught, vandalized the signs to express their bitterness at being displaced from [[Caldwell Hall (Georgia Tech)|Caldwell Residence Hall]] while renovations were taking place.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7846 |last=Adiga |first=Madhu |author2=Sriram Narasimha |title=When stealing only one "T" just won't do |newspaper=The Technique |volume=87 |issue=24 |pages=13, 15 |date=February 22, 2002 |hdl=1853/7846 |access-date=2009-01-27 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153224/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7846 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2006, it was noticed that small vinyl 'T' stickers were being stolen from informational signs located around the Georgia Tech campus, creating confusion for visitors and new students.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tech tradition causes problems for students |newspaper=The Technique |url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7927 |date=February 10, 2006 |volume=91 |issue=21 |pages=11, 12 |access-date=2009-01-27 |last=Kaddi |first=Chanchala |archive-date=March 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312090149/http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7927 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the Georgia Tech Student Government Association (SGA), 'T' thefts across campus cost the Institute over $100,000 from 2010–11.<ref name="KeepTheT">{{cite web |url=http://sga.gatech.edu/t/ |title=Keep the 'T' in Tech |publisher=Georgia Tech Student Government Association |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930132621/http://sga.gatech.edu/t/ |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The SGA discouraged these thefts, which they emphasized did not constitute a true Georgia Tech tradition: "The tradition is stealing the 'T' from Tech Tower – no other 'T's were ever a part of this tradition."<ref name="KeepTheT" /> The campaign drew national press coverage.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/10/04/give-me-a-t-students-stealing-bevy-of-letters-on-georgia-tech-campus/ |title=Give Me a 'T': Students Stealing Bevy of Letters on Georgia Tech Campus |magazine=TIME |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=February 6, 2012 |author=Newcomb, Tim |archive-date=November 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125054410/http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/10/04/give-me-a-t-students-stealing-bevy-of-letters-on-georgia-tech-campus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Institute reaction===
[[File:StealingTechTowerT.jpg|thumb|right|Georgia Tech Facilities repairs the 'T' after 2001 attempt.]]
The Georgia Tech administration's position on stealing the 'T' from Tech Tower has varied over the years. When the 'T' was first stolen in 1969, interim Institute President Vernon Crawford was so upset he considered canceling classes until it was returned. Afterwards, subsequent presidents opted to [[turn a blind eye]] to the practice, with one president, [[John Patrick Crecine]], going so far as to endorse it.<ref name="PresidentialOpinions" />
{{quote|I think stealing the 'T' off the Tech Tower is among the all-time greatest rituals.}}

Today, stealing the 'T' is prohibited and is officially punishable with expulsion, although this has not happened in practice. After a Georgia Tech visitor was accidentally killed while climbing the [[Alexander Memorial Coliseum]] in 1999,<ref>
{{cite web |title=Accident on campus claims woman's life |url=http://www.nique.net/issues/1999-07-23/news/4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141218/http://www.nique.net/issues/1999-07-23/news/4 |date=1999-07-23 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |last=Dykes |first=Jennifer |work=The Technique}}</ref> Institute President [[G. Wayne Clough]] banned stealing of the 'T' and the climbing of any Institute building, due to the risk of fatal falls and the potential for damage to the building.<ref name="PresidentsViews"/> Clough also expressed concern over the "incredibly expensive liability litigation" Georgia Tech could face in the event of an accident.<ref name="Dismantling" /> To discourage climbing, security features such as pressure-sensitive roof tiling, [[optical fiber|fiber optic cabling]] running throughout the letters, and an audible alarm have been added to the 'T' to help prevent its theft.<ref name="T-Thieves">{{Cite news |date=June 1, 2001 |access-date=2009-01-27 |newspaper=The Technique |title='T'-thieves could face expulsion |volume=87 |issue=1 |page=1,3 |last=Barday |first=Nasir |hdl=1853/7873 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7873 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206153224/https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7873 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:KeepTheTinTech.png|thumb|left|Logo for "Keep the 'T' in Tech" campaign]]
In 2011, the Georgia Tech Student Government Association (SGA) launched a "Keep the 'T' in Tech" campaign to discourage thefts of 'T's from signage around the campus. The week-long campaign took place from September 26–30 and included an online petition to be published in ''The Technique'', an open forum for discussing the issue, an amnesty day for returning stolen 'T's, and "Live the True Tradition," an evening event focused on the tradition of stealing the 'T' from Tech Tower.<ref name="KeepTheT" />

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==See also==
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*[[History of Georgia Tech]]
*[[Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070518164346/http://www.space.gatech.edu/danshiki/Tower/TowerWeb.html TowerWeb: Historic Images and Information about the Georgia Tech Towers] (from the Internet Archive)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516001105/http://www.space.gatech.edu/digital_archive/bldg/035/index.php Large collection of Tech Tower photos]
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lettie+Pate+Whitehead+Evans+Administration+Bldg,+Georgia+Institute+of+Technology,+Atlanta,+GA+30313/@33.7724995,-84.3946972,190m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x88f50462f437e945:0x4173d6d31357748d Tech Tower on Google Maps]
*[http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/15708 Historic Structure Report: Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building – April 2012]

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