Editing Tennessee Tech (section)

== Significant administrative buildings ==
[[File:Maya-angelou-ttu-tn2.jpg|left|thumb|210x210px|[[Maya Angelou]] speaking in the Derryberry Hall Auditorium in 2012]]
'''Derryberry Hall''' is the oldest building on campus; the presidents and provosts have traditionally had their offices there. The building is also the home to the university's main auditorium, Derryberry Auditorium. Derryberry was constructed in 1912 for the university's predecessor, Dixie College.<ref name="campusmap" /> It is named after [[William Everett Derryberry|Everett Derryberry]], president of the university from 1940 to 1974. The building's iconic [[Colonial Revival architecture|colonial-style]] clock tower is equipped has a [[carillon]]. [[Maya Angelou]] spoke there in 2012. Derryberry received a new [[cupola]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Tennessee Tech's Derryberry Hall gets new cupola |url=https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mainstreetnashville/tennessee-techs-derryberry-hall-gets-new-cupola/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611061347/https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mainstreetnashville/tennessee-techs-derryberry-hall-gets-new-cupola/ |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |work=Mainstreet Media}}</ref>

'''Henderson Hall''' is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], The building was designed by Benjamin F. Hunt, who worked for the noted regional architect [[R. H. Hunt]].<ref>Carroll Van West, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fh11WlwYe9wC&dq=%22henderson+hall%22+hunt&pg=PA277 Tennessee's Historic Landscapes: A Traveler's Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709031217/http://books.google.com/books?id=Fh11WlwYe9wC&pg=PA277&dq=%22henderson+hall%22+hunt&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QsGQU-7VEobLsQStqIJY&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22henderson%20hall%22%20hunt&f=false|date=July 9, 2014}}'' (University of Tennessee Press, 1995), p. 277.</ref> Constructed in 1931, the building is named in honor of James Manson Henderson, the first director of the university's School of Engineering.<ref name="campusmap" />