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Ashner Memorial Gateway*

Ashner Memorial Gateway*

Bellingrath Hall*

Bellingrath Hall*



Housing second- and third-year female students, Bellingrath is located on the west side of the Rhodes campus. It houses 124 women in single, double, triple, and quad rooms. All three floors have common bathrooms, and the hall includes features such as a chapel, social rooms and a laundry facility.

Burrow Refectory*

Burrow Refectory*



Known by students only as "The Rat," Catherine Burrow Refectory cuisine ranges from healthy to hearty and grub to gourmet. Students enjoy food from the traditional line (meat and vegetables), the stir-fry bar, the Mongolian grill, dual salad bars, pannini sandwich grill and multiple dessert trays. The Rat, which opened in 1958, comprises three dining areas—Neely Hall, Hyde Hall and Rollow Hall. Smaller meeting rooms include the Alburty Room, the Davis Room and the Bell Room.

Campus Safety

Campus Safety

Ellett Hall*

Ellett Hall*



Ellett Hall houses 28 male upperclass students and 12 upperclass female students and offers single, double and triple rooms. All three floors have common bathrooms, and a special feature is its social room. Ellett is connected to two other male residence halls, Robb Hall and White Hall. It is located across from Bellingrath women’s residence hall on the west side of campus.

Fisher Garden

Fisher Garden



With its permanent stone stage, the beautifully landscaped Hubert F. Fisher Memorial Garden acts as both a mainstage and a hideaway. Once a year, the garden becomes the emotional heart of campus when diplomas are bestowed at commencement. When not in use for graduation ceremonies, the garden serves as a wedding venue for alumni, and students often lounge in the tucked-away courtyard. Fisher Garden was dedicated in 1941.

Frank M. Harris Memorial Lodge / Mike Curb Institute*

Frank M. Harris Memorial Lodge / Mike Curb Institute*



The Mike Curb Institute for Music works in tandem with other programs, such as the Rhodes Institute for Regional Studies and the Crossroads to Freedom digital archive, to foster awareness and understanding of the distinct musical traditions of the region and to study the impact of music on southern culture, history and economy. The Institute is housed in Frank M. Harris Memorial Lodge, one of the seven original campus buildings dedicated June 6, 1938. It was formerly the home of college engineer John Rollow ’26 and his family.

Glassell Hall

Glassell Hall



Alfred C. Glassell Hall houses both male and female students with the majority being first year students. It offers single, double and triple rooms which have either suite or common bathrooms. There are social rooms on each floor and a common laundry facility.

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.

Human Resources

Human Resources

Hunt Memorial Gateway*

Hunt Memorial Gateway*

Kennedy Hall*

Kennedy Hall*



Now home to the chemistry department, Berthold S. Kennedy Hall originally housed all the sciences when the college opened its doors in Memphis in 1925. Renovated extensively in 1968 and again in 2000, the building retains its retro charm while still offering students the finest in contemporary technology. Located in the quad outside of Kennedy is the geodesic dome, built by professors and students in the mid 1970s. Kennedy was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In 2002, scenes for As the World Turns were filmed in Kennedy’s arched south entrance.

King Hall

King Hall



Originally the national headquarters for Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, Dorothy King Hall was purchased by Rhodes and renamed in 1991. The building houses the Alumni and Development Offices and the Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning. At the Meeman Center, community members take evening classes that are distinctive for their variety and liberal arts roots.

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.

Refectory, Neely (South) Hall*

Refectory, Neely (South) Hall*

Refectory, Rollow Hall

Refectory, Rollow Hall

Robb Hall*

Robb Hall*



Robb houses 36 male upperclassmen and offers double, triple and quad rooms. All three floors have common bathrooms. There is a large social room on the first floor. It is connected to two other male residence halls, White Hall and Ellett Hall.

Thomas Lane

Thomas Lane

Visitor Parking

visitor parking

White Hall*

White Hall*



Gordon White Hall houses 35 male upperclassmen and is located on the west side of campus. It offers single, double and triple rooms. Each of the three floors has common bathrooms, and features include social rooms and a laundry facility. It is connected to two other male residence halls, Ellet Hall and Robb Hall. A White room served as one of several backdrops for the 1984 film celebrating preppiedom, Making the Grade.

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* Indicates inclusion on The National Register of Historical Places.