Vawter Hall and Old President's House

Vawter Hall and Old President's House

Vawter Hall
Location Virginia State University campus, Ettrick, Virginia
Coordinates 37°14′4″N 77°25′5″W / 37.23444°N 77.41806°W / 37.23444; -77.41806Coordinates: 37°14′4″N 77°25′5″W / 37.23444°N 77.41806°W / 37.23444; -77.41806
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1907
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 80004180[1]
VLR # 020-5246
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 07, 1980
Designated VLR February 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. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 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
VSU President's House overlooking Appomattox River


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