Anderson Hall (Maryville College)
Anderson Hall | |
![]() Anderson Hall in 2009 | |
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Location | Maryville College campus, Maryville, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 35°45′8″N 83°57′54″W / 35.75222°N 83.96500°WCoordinates: 35°45′8″N 83°57′54″W / 35.75222°N 83.96500°W |
Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built | 1869 |
Architect | Benjamin Fahnestock |
NRHP reference No. | 75001732[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 20, 1975 |
Anderson Hall, built in 1870, is the oldest building on the campus of Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee, named for college founder Isaac L. Anderson.[2][3]
Anderson Hall is a brick building designed in the Second Empire style by architect . Funds for its construction were contributed by the Freedmen's Bureau, Pittsburgh businessman William Thaw, and John C. Baldwin of New York.[3]
Originally the college's only building, Anderson Hall is currently used as a classroom building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Extensive renovations were started in 2008.[2]
The bell tower of Anderson Hall is depicted in the college's logo.
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Darren Dunlap, Maryville College's oldest building gets summer makeover, Knoxville News Sentinel, June 11, 2008
- ^ a b Maryville College[permanent dead link] in the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
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Categories:
- University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- School buildings completed in 1870
- Buildings and structures in Blount County, Tennessee
- Maryville College
- National Register of Historic Places in Blount County, Tennessee
- Second Empire architecture in Tennessee
- East Tennessee Registered Historic Place stubs