Kean Hall was built in 1951 at a cost of $1,500,000; it is one of the campus’ only Art Deco-style buildings. The Hall was home to the basketball program until that program was moved to the Gentry Center in 1980. From 1987, it has housed the volleyball program. In 1991, a renovation connected Kean Hall to the then-new Otis L. Floyd and Joseph A. Payne Campus Center. Kean Hall currently houses the volleyball program, the Air Force ROTC program and several other campus programs and offices. Outside Kean Hall, a static display of a USAF T-38 Talon airplane can be seen. This display is on loan from the National Museum of the United States in honor of General Lloyd “Fig” Newton, who was commissioned as a distinguished graduate through Tennessee State University’s ROTC program in 1966 and went on to become the University’s only four-star general.
Kean Hall
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Kean Hall was built in 1951 at a cost of $1,500,000; it is one of the campus’ only Art Deco-style buildings. The Hall was home to the basketball program until that program was moved to the Gentry Center in 1980. From 1987, it has housed the volleyball program. In 1991, a renovation connected Kean Hall to the then-new Otis L. Floyd and Joseph A. Payne Campus Center. Kean Hall currently houses the volleyball program, the Air Force ROTC program and several other campus programs and offices. Outside Kean Hall, a static display of a USAF T-38 Talon airplane can be seen. This display is on loan from the National Museum of the United States in honor of General Lloyd “Fig” Newton, who was commissioned as a distinguished graduate through Tennessee State University’s ROTC program in 1966 and went on to become the University’s only four-star general.