Structural History of UT Martin

Name(s) of Buildings:

Dining Hall; Instructional Television Building; Communications Building

Construction Dates:

1934-1935; 1947; 1968?

Cost:

$39,000; unknown; unknown

Brief History:

In 1934 construction began on a kitchen and dining hall to replace a similar facility from the Hall-Moody era. The building was completed the following year for on-campus dining. During the Second World War it also fed War Training Service trainees. The Dining Hall was remodeled in 1947 and operated as a cafeteria until the new Student Center was completed in 1965. Some time before 1968 the cafeteria was converted into an instructional television studio for WLJT-TV. It was renamed the Communications Building in 1979.