1925 Vanderbilt University Medical Center moved to 21st Ave. South and Garland. The building is a four-story structure with two east-west corridors, S and T (which stood for service and teaching), and intersecting north-south hallways A, B, and C.

1925 Mary Ragland Godchaux Hall opened, housing the School of Nursing (at the time not a part of the Medical Center). The building was originally known as Mary Kirkland Hall, and has not only classrooms and offices, but also housing for more than 100 nurses.

1938 The first major expansion of the Medical Center saw the construction of the D corridor to allow more space for patient rooms, Pediatrics, and Ob/Gyn.

1954 The S.R. Light Laboratory for Surgical Research was added to the hospital.

1955 The Medical Arts Building opened.

1961 A.B. Learned Laboratory was opened, vastly increasing the research space available to faculty and closing off the once open courtyard.

1962 The Round Wing (its original name, which didn’t stick, was the West Wing) opened.

1964 The A corridor was extended to provide space for, among other things, the Medical Center Library.

1967 Medical Center South opened.

1967 The Zerfoss Student Health Building was added to the rear of the Medical Center.

1972 The Joe and Howard Werthan Building, which replaced the original façade of the 1925 building facing 21st Ave. South, was completed.

1978 Light Hall and adjacent Langford Auditorium were completed.

1980 The new Vanderbilt University Hospital was opened. The old building is rechristened Medical Center North.

1985 The Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt opened. It was originally known as the Vanderbilt Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, but was later converted to serve both adults and adolescents.

1988 The Vanderbilt Clinic opened, moving almost all outpatient services out of Medical Center North.

1989 The Kim Dayani Human Performance Center opened.

1992 Medical Center East, primarily an outpatient services building, was opened.

1993 The Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital opened.

1994 The dedication of the Eskind Biomedical Library.

1995 The Frances Williams Preston Building opened. Its original name was Medical Research Building II.

1997 The Vanderbilt Page-Campbell Heart Institute opened.

1998 The School of Nursing’s Patricia Champion Frist Hall opened.

2001 The first major addition to Medical Center North since 1972, the mouse vivarium atop the Werthan Building, was completed.

2002 Medical Research Building III, an addition onto the Learned Lab section of Medical Center North, was completed.

2003 Projected completion of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

2003 Projected completion of the building to house the Bill Wilkerson Center and the Musculoskeletal Institute.

2004 Projected completion of the Children’s Outpatient Center adjacent to new Children’s Hospital.