BIDGOOD HALL
Building ID: 1031 | Abbreviation: BD
500 Colonial Drive
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
Bidgood Hall is the traditional home of the Culverhouse College of Business and was built in 1928. The Alabama Business Hall of Fame Gallery is located just inside the main entrance and features pictures and memorabilia in an elegant three-room suite. Bidgood houses 31 classrooms as well as the professional, research, and service centers it also includes multimedia classrooms, two television studios for distance learning, a state-of-the-art e-commerce facility that opened in 2001, and the Special Projects Lab. The Asa. H. Bean Student Services is located on the ground floor along with the Undergraduate Student Lounge. Wireless network support is provided throughout all C&BA buildings. In 1949 the building, known prior to this time as the "Commerce Building", was named after Lee Bidgood, the first Dean of the College of Commerce. The university's 19th president, John M. Gallalee, loved to sit in on the dean's lectures. Bidgood Hall underwent extensive renovations in January 1994.