Kerr Hall is a series of four buildings in a square forming the Ryerson Community Park, also known as the Quad, on the campus

Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...

 of Ryerson University

Ryerson University

Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...

, Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The site of the former Toronto Normal School

Toronto Normal School

The Toronto Normal School was a teachers college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1847, the Normal School was located at Church and Gould streets in central Toronto, and was a predecessor to the current Ontario Institute for Studies in Education...

. All but a portion of the Normal School's front façade was demolished in the late 1950s to enable the construction of:

• Kerr Hall East - 340 Church Street and 60 Gould Street
• Kerr Hall West - 379 Victoria Street
• Kerr Hall North - 31 and 43 Gerrard Street East
• Kerr Hall South - 40 and 50 Gould Street

Kerr Hall is named for the school's first principal, Howard Hillen Kerr

Howard Hillen Kerr

Howard Hillen Kerr was the first principal of what was then Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.Kerr was born on a farm near Seaforth, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1926 with degrees in education and engineering and became an administrator in the public school system...

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