Uniquely situated in a place where campus and the Fort Wood Historic District overlap, the Patten House entered UTC history in 1948, when it was bequeathed to the University through the estate of its owner, Zeboim “Bome” Charles Patten. Shortly thereafter, the Music and Art departments were the first University occupants to utilize—and marvel at—the spacious interior of Patten’s former residence, known for many years as “Z. C. Patten Hall.”
If these walls could talk: Grote Hall
“He is an example of what the University of Chattanooga has been. His intense interest in the future represents the University that is to be.” With these words in May 1969, University of Chattanooga President William H. Masterson celebrated the retirement of Professor Irvine W. Grote and simultaneously announced the building to be named in his honor—Grote Hall.