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How to Find the Ellington Center

Downtown Nashville Area MapThe Ellington Agricultural Center is open to the public during normal business hours Monday through Friday and additional hours during special events.

DIRECTIONS TO EAC:

From I-65: Take Exit #78-A east on Harding Place. Take a right at the second light onto Trousdale Drive. Travel south on Trousdale for approximately 1.5 miles. Turn left on to Hogan Road at the four-way stop. Hogan Road ends at the front gates of the Ellington Agricultural Center. Note: all buildings have identifying lawn signs for your convenience.

From I-24: Take exit #56 west on Harding Place to the Nolensville Road intersection at Harding Mall. Turn left onto Nolensville Road and travel south 1/10 mile and turn right onto Edmondson Pike. Travel 1 1/2 miles on Edmondson Pike. The east entrance to Ellington Agricultural Center is on the right.

To the Ed Jones Auditorium: Enter the front gates from Hogan Road. Bear to your right. The Moss Building (antebellum style mansion) will be on your left at the top of the hill. Follow the drive until you reach the auditorium (a large white barn-like structure that sets at the end of the lawn behind the mansion.)

Map of the Ellington Agricultural CenterTo the Agricultural Museum: Enter the front gates from Hogan Road, bear to your right. Follow the drive past the Bruer Building. Turn right immediately past the Bruer Building. Follow the drive to the livestock barn and arena. The museum (a large white barn-like building) is on the right. Park at the front doors to unload.

To the Ivy Laboratory Building Complex: Enter the front gates from Hogan Road. Bear to your left. Take the second left. The Ivy Laboratory Building (a two-story glass fronted building) is on the left. Unload at the covered walkway. The brick structure on the back is the Porter Building. The Kord Diagnostic Laboratory is located inside the Porter Building.

MAP KEY:

(1) Moss Administration Bldg -- Commissioner/Administrative Offices
(2) Breezeway -- Budget Offices
(3) Porter/Kord/Ivy Laboratory Complex -- Regulatory Services
(4) Jennings Building -- USDA, APHIS
(5) Holeman Building -- Marketing, Nonpoint/Water Quality, TASS
(6) Commodity Distribution
(7) Ed Jones Auditorium -- Special Events
(8) E.A.C. Maintenance Office -- General Services
(9) Show Barn and Arena
(10) Gazebo and Iris Garden
(11) Tennessee Agricultural Museum
(12) Bruer Building -- Forestry Division
(13) Log Cabins
(14) Lou Wallace Building -- Legal Services
(15) U.T. Extension Office
(16) T.W.R.A. Building
(17) Archaeology Building.