Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. Vanderbilt is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and has been the conference's only private school since 1966.
Drawing of Vanderbilt University's Main Campus from Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography (1889)
Main Campus, looking toward West End Avenue
Old Mechanical, now part of The Owen Graduate School of Management
Kirkland Hall at Vanderbilt University
Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. Located in Middle Tennessee, it had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census. Nashville is the 21st most populous city in the United States, and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, and is one of the fastest growing in the nation.
Image: Nashville Skyline from Ft Negly Photo 2 June 2022
Image: Kirkland Hall at Vanderbilt University
Image: Bridgestone Arena (Northeast corner)
Image: Grand Ole Opry House 2022a
