SPENCE / WORK HOUSE (1884). Formerly the home of Adam K. Spence, second principal of Fisk University and John W. Work, Fisk University professor, composer, and Director of the Jubilee Singers. (Still standing)
Maggie Porter was born on February 24, 1853 in Lebanon, Tennessee. Her master was wealthy and as her mother was a favorite house servant, she saw little of the harsher side of slavery. She entered Fisk in 1866.
Dr. James E. Shepard standing with Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. outside Benjamin Newton Duke Auditorium. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was a civil rights leader, co-founder of the National Negro Congress, and succeeded his father as Pastor of...
Harriet Tubman Hall, built in 1919, is the oldest building on campus. Originally designed to house female students, it is currently home to approximately 162 women of all class levels.
"DOWN" The Old Laboratory School which was built in 1930 to serve high school students on the campus of Southern University Baton Rouge was demolished to make room for the new $7.4 million dollar John B. Cade...
Road leading to the entrance of three buildings, which sit off in the far end of the Southern University campus along with the Oak trees, which have Spanish moss hanging from the limbs.Building number 1: Old girl's dormitory Building number 2: ...
Southern University and A & M College--Student housing
Old Farm HouseThis image represents an old farmhouse, which occupied the site of the Home Economics Building. This photo was taken in the early fall of 1914 when the long annex that was made to the back was unfinished. This building housed all...
Tuskegee University; Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; Children's House; Tuskegee Institute
Children's House Was Located on the Main Campus. Student Teachers Did Practice Teaching at the Children's House. Built in 1901, It Was the Elementary School for Children of Teachers and Townspeople. Children Learned Gardening and Farming on the Two...
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia -- Buildings
When UDC was created, the Van Ness campus was to house the Colleges of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, and Educations and Human Ecology. The College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the College of Business and Public...
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia -- Buildings
When UDC was created, the Van Ness campus was to house the Colleges of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, and Educations and Human Ecology. The College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the College of Business and Public...
Portrait of Dr. Thomas E. Miller, the First President of SC State, Served From 1896-1911. Under His Administration, the First Major Structure On the University's Campus Was Constructed, Bradham Hall, Which Opened In September 27, 1896. Bradham...
