Park Cities in Dallas in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Dallas Hall Southern Methodist University

Photographed by Kayla Harper, April 25, 2020

1. Dallas Hall Southern Methodist University Marker

An additional marker notes that the building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Inscription. 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.

Erected 1979 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 6670.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education.

Location. 32° 50.714′ N, 96° 47.091′ W. Marker is in Dallas, Texas, in Dallas County. It is in Park Cities. It can be reached from Robert S Hyer Lane, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dallas TX 75205, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western

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Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Martin Luther King Jr. at SMU (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Daniel Family Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Highland Park Methodist Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Highland Park Methodist Church Building (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mark and Maybelle Lemmon House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Caruth House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Dr. Marcellus Clayton Cooper (approx. 1.3 miles away); Preston Road (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dallas.

Photographed by Kayla Harper, April 25, 2020

2. Dallas Hall Southern Methodist University Marker

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Photographed by Kayla Harper, April 25, 2020

3. Dallas Hall Southern Methodist University

Photographed by Kayla Harper, April 25, 2020

4. Dallas Hall Southern Methodist University

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. This page has been viewed 978 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 25, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.