English: This was the first University of Texas Medical Branch building. It is a Romanesque Revival building located in Galveston, Texas. It was built in 1891 with red brick and sandstone. Nicholas J. Clayton was the architect.
In 1949, the building named for Ashbel Smith, a Republic of Texas diplomat and one of the founders of the University of Texas System. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places & was registered as a Texas Historical Landmark in 1969 and renovated in 1985.
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Ashbel Smith Building known as Old Red was the first University of Texas Medical Branch building