- The design of the 380-acre main University of Arizona campus involved several architects over time, notably James Miller Creighton for the first building, Old Main, and Roy Place for many early campus buildings and the updated master plan ... for updates, see: https://masterplan.arizona.edu/ - Full-scale outline of the USS Arizona battleship sunk in Pearl Harbor surrounds the grassy mall ... Old Main is at the "front of the ship" - Did you know that the University of Arizona campus is also an arboretum? Yes, it is!! Check out the website ==> https://www.arboretum.arizona.edu/ - The UA also has a campus in Sierra Vista and other facilities in the Phoenix area ==> Interactive UA Campus Map: https://map.arizona.edu/ Map