The 3-story brick building with a clock tower is located on a hill overlooking Bowman Field.

[2] Tillman Hall was nationally registered as part of Clemson University Historic District I.

“Pitchfork” Ben Tillman was a governor and U.S. senator who used virulent racism to dominate South Carolina politics after Reconstruction.

The Undergraduate Student Senate voted to allocate $63,000 for a 2,800-pound D#/E flat 3 bell needed to complete the instrument.

[8] The carillon is configured for the automatic playing of the Westminster chimes every 15 minutes or other music using traditional baton claviers.

[9] The university carillonneur plays the carillon every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday noon-12:30 pm, August to April.

[14][15] Most recently, an anonymous group of students publicly defaced the brick of Tillman Hall with spray paint.".

[16] On June 12, 2020, the Clemson Board of Trustees passed a motion to petition the SC State legislature to change the name of Tillman Hall.