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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alumni Hall and Jean and Alexander Heard Library.
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.
Parthenon
Historic building
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The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was designed by architect William Crawford Smith and built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Parthenon is situated 3,200 feet west 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.
Kirkland Hall
- Type: University building
- Description: building at Vanderbilt University
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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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