Marker Inscription
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
About this site
Dallas Hall (Southern Methodist University) is a historical marker in Dallas, Dallas County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 352 historical markers documented in Dallas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 574 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.8453, -96.7849 near Dallas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Southern Methodist University (college & university), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Perkins Hall of Administration, Hyer Hall, and Florence, Fred, Hall.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5113006670. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
