A Look At Kirby Smith Hall

The new and improved Kirby Smith Hall is back in business.

Re-opened in August 2011, Kirby Smith Hall has become a popular residence hall and quite the social hangout. Morgan, a first-year Kirby Smith Hall resident talks about living in the hall, "I love living in Kirby Smith. I know people who lived here years ago before the renovations when I bring up living here they have all kinds interesting comments on the hall."

Kirby Smith Hall prides itself on its newly renovated state.

Kirby Smith is the largest residence hall on campus, standing at 154 feet tall and having 13 floors. Named after Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, the hall was built in 1967. Kirby Smith Hall remained active as an all male residence hall until 2006. It was taken out of commission and reopened as a co-ed hall in the Summer of 2011.

Vintage picture of Kirby Smith Hall from 2005.

The first seven floors are used specifically for student housing while the remaining floors are used for university offices and other uses. Kirby Smith Hall may not completely resemble the hall it was five years ago, but is still held with high regard and respect by the residential community.