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1885 Historical Buildings of Southern University and A&M College
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| Title | 1885 Historical Buildings of Southern University and A&M College |
| Subject | Southern University and A & M College--Buildings
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| Description | This building was located in New Orleans between Magazine and Soniat Streets. The original site for Southern University was in an old building on Calliope Street (No. 158) in New Orleans in 1881. This building had previously housed the Hebrew Girls School (formerly the Israel Sinai Temple Synagogue). Although it was expanded to several adjacent buildings, the demands placed on the facilities were too great for existing accommodations. The Board composed of W.H. Chaffee, Chairman, P.B.S. Pinchback, T.T. Allain, S.M. Angell, F.L. Richardson and H. Heidenhair were appointed as the building committee in June, 1885 to "take into consideration the advisability of selling the building as presently occupied and the purchase of a more eligible site and the erection there upon a university building". The committee was to purchase the vacant square of ground number 194, sixth district of the city bounded by Magazine, Constance, Soniat and Dufossat Streets, belonging to the heirs of the late B.J. West. After operating on this site [Calliope Street] for six years, the school in 1887 was moved to a building on Soniat and Magazine Streets. The address was 5112 Magazine Street, between Soniat and Dufossat Streets. The occasion for the opening of the new building for the University on Soniat and Magazine Streets was an especially festive affair. The ceremony surrounded the laying of the cornerstone in May 1886 witnessed the school band participating under the leadership of Professor T.O. Baquet, along with the famous Excelsior Brass Band, and musical selections by the student Choir. |
| Author/Creator | Southern University and A&M College |
| Holding Library | Southern University and A&M College-Archives Department-John B. Cade Library |
| Format | jpeg |
| Date.Original | 1885 |
| Identifier | his.1885.pho0001.jpg |
| Rights | Physical Rights are retained by the Archives Department-Southern University Library. Copyright© is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws. To order a reproduction or inquire about permission to publish please contact: archives1@lib.subr.edu [Please cite Identifier File Name of collection]. |
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