Vanderbilt has a ‘new’ place: BCM building remodeled
By Chris Turner
cturner@tnbaptist.org
NASHVILLE — Bill Choate asked James Kennon if he’d help select a paint color suitable for “freshening up” the Vanderbilt University Baptist College Ministry building. Neither of them could have imagined then that 33 years later they’d be cutting the ribbon on a complete overhaul.
“The building was built in 1963,” said Choate, Director of Baptist Collegiate Ministries for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, and for more than a decade once the Vanderbilt BCM minister. “There had not been any overall renovations in 60 years. The building was extremely dated and was not user-friendly. It desperately needed updating.”
Major renovations began last year under the architectural guidance of Kennon, a principal architect with the Nashville firm Architecture Workshop. Kennon is also a member of First Baptist Church Nashville. [Read more…]