Vawter Hall and Old President's House | |
 Vawter Hall | |
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| Location | Virginia State University campus,Ettrick, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°14′4″N77°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 No. | 80004180[1] |
| VLR No. | 020-5247 |
| 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 atVirginia 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 theReadjuster Party to found a state-supported school of higher learning for blacks.[3]
It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
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