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Dallas Hall (SMU)

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Daniels & Athens, Dallas, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 50' 28.645764", -96° 46' 57.58428"
 
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    DALLAS HALL, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY When Dallas was selected in 1911 as the site for a new Methodist university, local citizens pledged 622.5 acres of land and $300,000. In appreciation, the first building on campus was named Dallas Hall. SMU President Robert S. Hyer chose the Chicago Branch of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge to design the Hall. Influenced by Thomas Jefferson's plan for the University of Virginia, it opened in 1915 and for a decade housed all classrooms, university offices, the chapel and the library. RTHL - 1979

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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