Flawn Academic Center

Flawn Academic Center
The Flawn Academic Center, with the Main Building in the background
Former names"Harry's Place", Undergraduate Library and Academic Center
General information
Town or cityAustin, Texas
CountryUnited States
Coordinates30°17′11″N 97°44′25″W / 30.286259°N 97.740319°W / 30.286259; -97.740319

The Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (abbreviated FAC, formerly the Undergraduate Library and Academic Center) is an undergraduate library and "technology and collaboration" facility located on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The center, named after former university president Peter T. Flawn in 1983, opened between 1963 and 1964. Upon its opening, the building featured the first open-stack library on campus for undergraduates along with much of the Humanities Research Center.

Among the permanent displays in the Center's Leeds Gallery is a re-creation of Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner's study along with personal effects. Charles Umlauf's sculpture The Torchbearers is located at the front of the building.

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