Ayres Hall

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| name = Ayres Hall

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| image = Ayres Hall abree.jpg

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| location= 1403 Circle Dr.
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

| coordinates = {{coord|35|57|27|N|83|55|34|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Tennessee

| built = 1921

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Ayres Hall is a central iconic{{Cite web |url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_192396.asp |title=1/15/2011 - Historic Ayres Hall is Back Open at UT-Knoxville - Happenings - Chattanoogan.com |access-date=2011-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118180223/http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_192396.asp |archive-date=2011-01-18 |url-status=dead}} and historic landmark{{Cite web |url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/dec/11/restyling-a-campus-icon/ |title=Restoration of Ayres Hall offers old charm, new amenities » Knoxville News Sentinel |access-date=2011-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114101719/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/dec/11/restyling-a-campus-icon/ |archive-date=2010-11-14 |url-status=dead}} building at the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The building was designed by Miller, Fullenwider and Dowling of Chicago, and completed in 1921. It is named for Brown Ayres (1856–1919), the university's 12th president from 1904 to 1909.Milton M. Klein, "[http://web.utk.edu/~mklein/brownayr.html Brown Ayres, Twelfth President, 1904-1919]," University of Tennessee website. Retrieved: 3 May 2012. An extensive restoration began in the fall of 2008 and ended in January 2011. The renovations included central air conditioning and heating, terrazzo floors and benches, faces for the tower's four clocks, refurbished classroom furnishings, such as chairs, tables, and slate chalkboards, and stairways, and a north courtyard. The faces for the clocks and the terrazzo floors were in the original designs, but had never been installed due to costs. The north courtyard, which faces Cumberland Avenue, was never implemented in the original designs.{{cite web|url=http://alumnus.tennessee.edu/2011/01/ayres-hall-better-than-new/|title=Ayres Hall: Better than New - Tennessee Alumnus Magazine|date=31 January 2011|website=Alumnus.tennessee.edu|access-date=3 December 2017}}

The Gothic Revival structure rises {{convert|140|ft}} above its base. The distinctive checkerboard feature at the top of the tower has been replicated in UT Orange and white in the endzones at Neyland Stadium and at the ends of the court in Thompson–Boling Arena, both nearby. The building houses the offices of the university's [https://artsci.utk.edu/ College of Arts and Sciences] as well as UT's mathematics department.