Tennessee Polytechnic Institute: 1925 - 1963
Maps of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute & Tennessee Tech University campus as drawn by Civil Engineers.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TPI) was founded in 1915. TPI used this name until 1965 when it became known as Tennessee Technological University.
We encourage you to be curious and explore each map by zooming in on locations familiar to you. The author's building began as Boy's Hall, became East Hall, and eventually Kittrell Hall. Some of you may know it informally as the "Rock Lodge".
This early campus map from 1925 was drafted by Bassett, Bracey, Davis, and Morrison.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1925
In May of 1926 Frank S. Loomis, W. J. McClaren, and P. C. Neely surveyed and plotted this map.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1926
This map of TPI shows elevation contours. This was plotted and traced in the Spring of 1934 by F. D. Alexander, S. M. Roller, L. B. Hopkins, J. M. Anderson, and Elmo Burris.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1934
Completed on May 25, 1939, this map was drawn by Houston Boyd.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1939
May 30th, 1944, a person known only to us as D.L.P. drew and traced this map of campus.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1944
W. S. Prescott drew this elevation contoured map of TPI campus in September of 1947.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1947
Steinbaugh & Associates (architects) made this map as part of a campus master plan with the dates 1960 - 1970.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1960 - 1970
This last map of the TPI campus is dated 1963 and also indicates it was used as part of a campus master plan. The author's name is indiscernible.
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1963
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This project was done as a fun side project by Megan Atkinson (TTU), and Chuck Sutherland (UCDD). We hope you enjoyed it.
Tennessee Tech University Archives, RG 133, College of Engineering, Campus Maps. 11/18/2019.