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Coordinates: 37°14′4″N 77°25′5″W / 37.23444°N 77.41806°W / 37.23444; -77.41806
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Vawter Hall and Old President's House
Vawter Hall
Vawter Hall and Old President's House is located in Virginia
Vawter Hall and Old President's House
Vawter Hall and Old President's House is located in the United States
Vawter Hall and Old President's House
LocationVirginia State University campus, Ettrick, Virginia
Coordinates37°14′4″N 77°25′5″W / 37.23444°N 77.41806°W / 37.23444; -77.41806
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1907
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.80004180[1]
VLR No.020-5246
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 07, 1980
Designated VLRFebruary 19, 1980[2]

Vawter Hall and the Old President's House are two of the oldest buildings at Virginia State University, the oldest state-supported college for blacks in the United States. Vawter Hall was built and named in 1908 in honor of the school's late rector and authority on industrial training, Charles E. Vawter. The School was originally chartered as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1882, created through an agreement with the Readjuster Party to found a state-supported school of higher learning for blacks.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (February 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Vawter Hall and Old President's House" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo
  • Vawter Hall and the Old President's House [1] - Virginia African Heritage Program
VSU President's House overlooking Appomattox River


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