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UT Knoxville is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system, which is governed by a 12-member board of trustees appointed by the Governor of Tennessee. The Board of Trustees appoints a president to oversee the operations of the system, four campuses, and two statewide institutes. [ 25 ]
Ayres Hall is a central iconic [2] and historic landmark [3] building at the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tennessee. The building was designed by Miller, Fullenwider and Dowling of Chicago, and completed in 1921. It is named for Brown Ayres (1856–1919), the university's 12th president from 1904 to 1909. [4]
Ayres Hall on the Hill. The Hill is the colloquial name for the location of various academic buildings on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's campus. It comprises the oldest part of the university, [1] and is located at the eastern side of the campus.
The building was constructed using six different types of Tennessee marble, [2] a locally quarried stone used in monumental buildings throughout the United States. [4] The exterior, clad mostly in Tennessee "pink" marble, includes a facade of imposing columns, Moderne-style cylindrical molding along the roofline, [ 2 ] and four eagle statues ...
For rooted locals, the pair is better known as the "Jake Butcher building" and the "C.H. Butcher building," respectively, named for the two brothers whose East Tennessee banking empire collapsed ...
UT Knoxville is the flagship campus of the UT System, based in Knoxville.The largest university in the state, it has a current total enrollment of 27,523. UT awarded 6,345 degrees in over 300 programs in the 2009–10 academic year.
The tallest building in Knoxville is the First Tennessee Plaza (Plaza Tower), at 27 stories, followed by the adjacent Riverview Tower, at 24 stories. The Traditions Knoxville Apartment Building (formerly the Kingston Apartments) is the third highest at 21 stories. The Sunsphere, which stands at 265 feet (81 m), is the city's fourth tallest.
121-123 West Jackson, sometimes called the Carhart Building, a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story brick warehouse building with a Romanesque Revival facade, built around 1900. [2] The Carhart Building was designed by the Knoxville architectural firm, Baumann Brothers , and is named for H.B. Carhart and Company, a grocery wholesaler established in 1877.