The Hub, formerly known as the UF Bookstore, is a historic building on Stadium Road between Buckman Drive and Fletcher Drive on the University of Florida

University of Florida

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

 campus in Gainesville

Gainesville, Florida

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, Florida

Florida

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 in the United States

United States

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. On June 24, 2008, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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.

Built in 1949-1950 and designed by Andrew Ferendino of the Miami

Miami, Florida

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 architectural firm

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 of Russell T. Pancoast and Associates, as directed by Florida Board of Control

Florida Board of Control

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 architect Guy Fulton and UF's consulting architect Jefferson Hamilton, it was UF's first departure from the Collegiate Gothic

Gothic Revival architecture

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 architectural style

Architectural style

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 that had prevailed on the campus since the first buildings, Buckman

Buckman Hall (Gainesville, Florida)

Buckman Hall, an historic building located in Murphree Area on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1974....

 and Thomas

Thomas Hall (Gainesville, Florida)

Thomas Hall, built in 1905, is a historic building located in Murphree Area on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States...

, were built in 1905. It originally housed the campus bookstore, post office

Post office

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, barber shop

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, soda fountain

Soda fountain

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, and movie theater

Movie theater

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.

Prior to moving to the J. Wayne Reitz Union

J. Wayne Reitz Union

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 in 2003, the university's bookstore and ID card services were both located at The Hub. A small food court

Food court

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 was set up on the first floor and the "Technology Hub" selling computer accessories and software was on the second floor.

The Hub underwent a $10.8 million renovation

Renovation

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, reopening in April 2007. The renovation added various computer

Computer

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 and videoconferencing

Videoconferencing

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 equipment, a 10000 square feet (929 m²) open wireless Internet

Wi-Fi

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 area, a Starbucks

Starbucks

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, and group and individual study rooms. The Office of Academic Technology and the International Center (study abroad

Study abroad

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) moved to the Hub following the renovation. http://news.ufl.edu/2007/04/17/open-house-marks-reopening-of-hub/