Kirkland Hall
Kirkland Hall, designed by William Crawford Smith, was built in 1874 as the first teaching building at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Located on the then 74-acre main campus of Vanderbilt, it burned down in 1905 due to a large fire and was rebuilt in 1906.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vanderbilt University and Alumni Hall.
Vanderbilt University
University
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Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school with its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift, and the greater work of the university, would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. Vanderbilt University is situated 1,700 feet south of Kirkland Hall.
Alumni Hall
Building
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For Confederate Memorial Hall, see Memorial Hall, Vanderbilt University. Alumni Hall is a historic building on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Library
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The Jean and Alexander Heard Library system is made up of several campus libraries at Vanderbilt University. These include Eskind Biomedical Library, Central Library, Divinity Library, Alyne Queener Massey Law Library, Walker Management Library, Anne Potter… Jean and Alexander Heard Library is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Kirkland Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Gulch and Nashville.
The Gulch
Neighborhood
The Gulch is a neighborhood on the south fringe of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, near Interstate 40, Interstate 65 and Interstate 24. It is known to be a trendy and hip neighborhood, and a popular destination for locals, college students, and visitors.
Nashville
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Nashville is the capital of the American state of Tennessee. With 716,000 residents in 2022, it is the state's largest city. Nashville is sometimes called the "Country Music Capital of the World" or more often "Music City, USA"; however, Nashville has done much to escape its country music image and become a regional center of culture and commerce.
East Nashville
Suburb
East Nashville is an area east of downtown Nashville in Tennessee across the Cumberland River. The area is mostly residential and mixed-use areas with businesses lining the main boulevards. East Nashville is situated 3 miles northeast of Kirkland Hall.
Kirkland Hall
- Type: University building
- Description: building at Vanderbilt University
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.14823° or 36° 8′ 54″ northLongitude
-86.80281° or 86° 48′ 10″ westElevation
551 feet (168 metres)Open location code
868M45XW+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 544397715OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityGeoNames ID
4634758Wikidata ID
Q129068411
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