Henderson Hall

Henderson Hall, initially constructed as the Industrial Arts Building and as the Engineering Building in 1931, was the first building on Tech’s campus constructed in the Georgian Revival style, setting the tone for the rest of campus. Benjamin F. Hunt, who also designed the Home Economics building, designed Henderson Hall. It was named after James M. Henderson, a Civil Engineering instructor and the first Chair of the Department of Engineering, in the year 1962 when the Industrial Arts classes moved to the Engineering and Industrial Technology Laboratories, and the arts and sciences came to Henderson Hall.

Over the years, Henderson Hall transitioned to house the English, History, and Foreign Languages departments. Importantly, in 1985, Henderson Hall was nominated to be in the National Register of Historic Places in the United States Department of the Interior by W. Calvin Dickinson, Professor of History at TTU. Consequently, it was entered in the National Register on November 7, 1985. Today, it stands as a testament to Henderson’s contribution to Tennessee Tech.

  • Picture of the outside of the Engineering Building circa 1941.

  • Front of the Engineering Building, 1960.

  • Students walking into the front of Henderson Hall, 1977.

  • An image of the entrance front of Henderson Hall, 1996.

  • Photo of the front of Henderson Hall with the new plaza, 2023.

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