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Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority House*

Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority House*



The Alpha Omicron Pi house was completed in 1950. The national sorority established a chapter at Rhodes in 1925. The building was added to the historical registry in 2006.

Amphitheatre

Amphitheatre

Blount Hall

Blount Hall



Blount houses 60 male and female students and is occupied mostly by first-years. The first and second floors offer suite-style bathrooms while the third floor has common bathrooms. Room styles include singles, doubles and triples and special features include social rooms, a laundry facility and a study on the third floor.

Briggs Student Center

Briggs Student Center



The Thomas W. Briggs Student Center, located near Barret Library and the Middle Ground Coffee Ship, is a hot spot for student traffic. The expanded bookstore and student mailroom are both open during the week. Student organizations and their advisors are located on the lower level and the second floor. Those areas include the Chaplain and Community Service, Leadership Programs, Multicultural Affairs, Student Involvement (including Greek life), and student offices for the Black Student Association (BSA), Kinney (service), Rhodes Activities Board (RAB), Rhodes Student Government, and the Student Publications Board. If you want to get involved, see a staff member in Briggs for help!

Buckman Hall

Buckman Hall



For students majoring in economics and business administration, international studies or political science, Buckman Hall, which houses these departments, becomes their home away from home. Most classes for these majors are held within the facility or, on especially nice days, just outside beneath the Rollow Avenue of Oaks. Students taking modern language courses will also find themselves climbing the Buckman stairs, as the second floor hosts the Rhodes Language Lab. Student projects featuring many different countries are often on display here, and there are books, movies and other resources available for those who are interested in learning about different cultures. The first floor features the Blount Lecture Hall where many campus activities take place, such as leadership conventions, productions of The Vagina Monologues and frequent screenings of movie favorites.

Burrow Hall*

Burrow Hall*



Serving as the center of academic life at Rhodes for more than 50 years, Burrow is now undergoing intense study as the college prepares the beautiful old building for its new life as a student services center.

Career Services

Career Services

Charles Place Entrance

Charles Place Entrance

Chi Omega Sorority House*

Chi Omega Sorority House*



The Chi Omega house was constructed sometime in the 1930s to replace a log house that was purchased and relocated to the campus in 1926. The national sorority established a chapter on the Clarksville campus in 1922. The building was added to the historical registry in 2006.

Clough Hall

Clough Hall



The anthropology/sociology, art, history, philosophy, psychology and religious studies departments are all based in S. Dewitt Clough Hall. The Clough-Hanson Gallery on the second floor hosts several regionally and nationally recognized art exhibits every year. Student paintings, sculptures and photography are displayed in the halls and stairwells, and many people roam the building from time to time just to see the newest artwork. The Orgill Room, also located on the second floor, is the meeting place for many student organizations and activities.

Delta Delta Delta Sorority House*

Delta Delta Delta Sorority House*



The Delta Delta Delta house was completed in 1933. The national sorority established a chapter at Rhodes after the college moved to Memphis in 1925. The building was added to the historical registry in 2006.

Diehl Memorial Court

Diehl Memorial Court



Throughout the day in spring and fall professors can be seen conducting classes near the Diehl statue, and students often sit at its base to study or connect via cell phone or laptop utilizing the campus’s secure WI-FI environment. The memorial to President Charles E. Diehl graces the end of the Rollow Avenue of Oaks. Diehl is revered for his vision of excellence and for moving the college from Clarksville, TN, to Memphis in 1925. The statue and the court surrounding it were dedicated in 1983.

East Village

East Village



The East Village apartment complex comprises two buildings, East Village A and East Village B. Each apartment houses four students and offers either four single bedrooms or two double bedrooms plus a kitchen, dining and living area and bathroom. Laundry facilities, a lodge and several seminar rooms are located within the main building. The East Village patio is one of a few location on campus where alcohol is permitted. Juniors and seniors make up the vast majority of the 200 EV residents. Each floor houses both women and men by apartment.

Frazier-Jelke Science Center

Frazier-Jelke Science Center



Frazier-Jelke contains subterranean biology offices, classrooms, lecture halls and modern laboratories. Ohlendorf Hall, which houses the math department, and Rhodes Tower, in which the astronomy and physics labs are located, are considered part of FJ. The outdoor amphitheater is a quiet place for students to study and also serves as a venue for Rites of Spring and many other campus activities throughout the year.

Gooch Hall*

Gooch Hall*



Adjoining Palmer Hall and Halliburton Tower, Gooch houses the Office of the President and the office of the Provost. Built in 1962, it was dedicated in 1981.

Halliburton Tower*

Halliburton Tower*



Halliburton Memorial Tower stands nearly 140 feet tall, gracing the midtown Memphis skyline. Built in 1962 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, the tower holds a seven-foot tall bronze bell that sounds on the hour and half hour.

Hassell Hall

Hassell Hall



Many talented students spend much of their time in Hassell Hall, which has been home to the Rhodes music department since 1984. The building contains classrooms, practice rooms, a music library and the Tuthill Performance Hall, where several recitals are presented each semester. The hall was named for Burnet Tuthill, founder of the Rhodes Singers and the first conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

Kappa Delta Sorority House*

Kappa Delta Sorority House*



The Kappa Delta house was completed in 1928. The national sorority established a chapter on the Clarksville campus just before the college moved in 1925. The building was added to the historical registry in 2006.

LeMaster Gateway

LeMaster Gateway

McCoy Theatre

McCoy Theatre



Converted in 1982 from a former sorority house, the McCoy Theatre houses three mainstage performances a year, varying from comedies to musicals to heavy drama. Theatre majors also stage student productions at the end of each year. Thespians and drama lovers from the Rhodes community and greater Memphis who frequent the productions enjoy both campus performances and guest artists.

North Parkway entrance

North Parkway entrance

Ohlendorf Hall

Ohlendorf Hall



Ohlendorf houses the offices, classrooms and computer labs for the math and computer science department. Students meet here weekly as part of AfterMath, a gathering of faculty and students to enjoy math-related movies and other activities. The building also boasts a UNIX laboratory and the Buckman Math/Biology Library.

Palmer Hall*

Palmer Hall*



There is a superstition that haunts the cloister of first floor Palmer, which was built in 1925. Students who walk across the school’s seal embedded in the floor are supposedly fated not to graduate. However, the taboo is broken on commencement day when the graduating class proceeds directly across the seal out into Fisher Garden for the ceremony. The first building to be completed on campus, Palmer houses the English department, classrooms, meeting rooms, Hardie Auditorium, and is the college’s main administrative building. Palmer was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Rhodes Tower

Rhodes Tower



Peyton Nalle Rhodes Physics Tower was constructed between 1966 and 1968 and is the site for pumpkin and egg drops and other fun events intended to demonstrate principles of physics to the scientifically challenged. The tower holds offices and classrooms for modern languages and physics, as well as the physics library and laboratories. Professor emeritus Jack Taylor ’44 provided the functional design for the building, including an ingenious system of collecting sunlight through an optical tracker on the roof and routing it to classrooms and laboratories on lower floors for spectroscopy and other experiments. Two telescope domes grace the roof of the building.

Robinson Hall

Robinson Hall



Robinson houses 86 female students, nearly three-fourths of whom are first-years. Room styles include singles, doubles and triples. The first and second floors offer suite-style bathrooms and the third floor has a common bathroom. Features include a common kitchen, laundry facility, social rooms and a third-floor study.

Rollow Memorial Avenue of Oaks

Rollow Memorial Avenue of Oaks



Just west of Buckman Hall there is a grassy stretch lined by 20 beautiful willow oaks, informally known as "Oak Alley." We can thank college engineer John Rollow ’26 for this historical and picturesque area of campus, since he planted the trees as seedlings transported from the original Clarksville campus when the college moved to Memphis in 1925.

Townsend Hall

Townsend Hall



Margaret Townsend Hall houses 75 male students, less than half of whom are first-years. It offers single, double, triple and quad rooms and is part of the Trezevant-Townsend-Voorhies quadrangle. Each of the three floors has common bathrooms, and features include social rooms and access to the Conservatory, a large common room with a fireplace, kitchen, bathroom, study areas and outdoor patio.

Trezevant Conservatory

Trezevant Conservatory

Trezevant Hall

Trezevant Hall



Housing 72 female students, Suzanne Trezevant Hall is located in the Trezevant-Townsend-Voorhies quadrangle on the east side of campus. It offers single, double and triple rooms. All three floors, as well as the basement, have common bathrooms. Features include social rooms, laundry facility and access to the Conservatory, a large common room with a fireplace, kitchen, bathroom, study areas and an outdoor patio.

Voorhies Hall

Voorhies Hall



Voorhies opened its doors in 1946. It houses 88 female upperclassmen and offers single, double and triple rooms. The first and second floors have suite-style bathrooms, while the basement and third have common bathrooms. It is a part of the Trezevant-Townsend-Voorhies quadrangle and includes features such as a chapel, common kitchen, laundry facility and social area with multiple rooms and study alcoves.

Visitor Parking

Visitor Parking

Williford Hall

Williford Hall



Anne Marie Caskey Williford Hall houses 32 first year male students and 90 female first-year students and is one of the largest residence halls on campus. It offers double rooms, and all three floors have common bathrooms. Features include three social rooms per floor and a laundry facility.

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* Indicates inclusion on The National Register of Historical Places.