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Vanderbilt University, Kirkland Hall, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1930
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Title
Vanderbilt
University
,
Kirkland
Hall
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
circa
1930
Corporate name
Vanderbilt University
Topical entry
Education
Colleges and Universities
Buildings
Architecture
Schools
Private Schools
Educational facilities--Tennessee--Nashville
Universities & colleges--Tennessee--Nashville
Architectural elements--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Nashville (Tenn.)--Intellectual life
West End Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
postcard
of
Kirkland
Hall
, the
building
built
to
replace
Vanderbilt's
Main
Building
that
burned
in
1905
.
Vanderbilt
University
was
made
possible
in
1873
through
a
one
million
dollar
gift
from
Commodore
Cornelius
Vanderbilt
, a
shipping
and
rail
tycoon
who
had
never
even
visited
the
South
.
Vanderbilt's
hope
in
supporting
a
university
in the
South
was that
it
would "
contribute
to
strengthening
the
ties
which
should
exist
between
all
sections
of
our
common
country.
" At the
University's
onset
, the
campus
consisted
of the
Main
Building
, an
astronomical
observatory
and
houses
for
professors
. The
original
Vanderbilt
Library
was
housed
in the
Main
Building
. In
1905
a
fire
consumed
the
Main
Building
and
it
was
rebuilt
with
one
tower
as
Kirkland
Hall
in
honor
of the
school's
longest
serving
Chancellor
,
James
H
.
Kirkland
.
Kirkland
guided
the
rebuilding
process
and also
navigated
the
University
through
the
separation
from the
Methodist
Church
.
Today
Kirkland
Hall
houses
the
administration
offices
and
sits
off
of
West
End
Avenue
.
Forms
part
of the
Norton
Postcard
Collection
.
1
postcard
:
col
. ;
3.5
x
5.5
in.
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
Associated
Industries
(Publisher)
Date
ca.
1930
Type
Still
Image
;
Postcards
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Norton - 0364
Language
English
Relation
Norton
Postcard
Collection
Coverage
1930-1939
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
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