Historical Marker

Dallas Hall (SMU)

Historical marker location:
Dallas, Texas
( SMU Campus, Daniels at Athens, Dallas)
Marker installed: 1979

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.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) - 1979.