Buildings at Tuskegee University

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1 Buildings at Tuskegee University Briefs of structures built during the Era of each President since 1881 A Chronological Listing by Booker Conley ( ) Buildings at Tuskegee Institute built during the Presidency of Dr. L. H. Foster ( ) Robert Russa Motoen Hall Engineering Building until 1970, Human Resources Center, Job Corps Center headquarters since Designed to be built in three units for electrical, mechanical and civil engineering, only two units built. Built by Institute Construction Information Booth Built as a news stand and souvenir shop for Institute made arts and crafts. Ouonset Hut Storage Built as a small bore rifle range for Army ROTC. A surplus building from the Tuskegee V. A. Medical Center. Dismantled, moved and re-erected by Construction Department at site below Bath house. Residence Hall Dormitory for women. Built by Institute Construction Department using Tuskegee block for partitions and back up. R. W. Woodruff Foods Processing Center Animal processing plant, meat storage. Laboratory and classroom. By Construction

2 Thomas P. Russell Nursery Laboratory school for School of Education Nursery and Kindergarten. By Construction Benjamin Banneker Hall - I960 Built as Dormitory "C", named By Construction Charles R. Drew Hall Built as Dormitory "B", named By Construction Olivia Davidson Hali Built as Dormitory "A", immediately named. Women's dormitory. By Construction Thomas P. Russell Hall Built as Dormitory "D", for men. Women's dormitory in 1970's. By Construction Lewis Adams Hall Women's dormitory. Mary Mcleod Bethune Hall University Apartments "A" and "B" Built as married students apartments. Twelve units each. Samuel L. Young Hali

3 William Gregory Place "A" and "B" Faculty and Staff apartments. Six units each. Brick veneer, 2 story. University Apartments "C" and "D" Married students apartments. Twelve units each. Basil O'Connor Hall Nursing Education Building. A two story brick veneer building north of Harvey Hall (Nurses Home). Named for longtime Tuskegee trustee chairman. Houses nursing dean's offices, library, laboratories, classrooms and faculty offices. Emery Recreation Center A low, one story concrete block structure built by Buildings and Grounds Department nes to Emery III. Chapel-1969 Concrete and brick structure designed by internationally known architect Paul Randolph. Principal architects were Fry and Welch, Architects of Washington D. C.. Located in old chapel spot but further back from road. For interdenominational worship and multi use. Alumnus E. L. Pryce painted the moral in the chapel's lower level. The "Singing Windows" in the narthex are a reproduction of the original Chapels windows. Engineering Building A four level building with attached laboratory building and an underground nuclear area (now wind tunnel). Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Central Cooling Plant Metal building originally housed two 750 ton cooling units, cooling towers adjacent. Cooling provided to three hospital buildings, three Veterinary Medicine buildings, five men dormitories, Chapel, Kresge Center, Engineering Building, Campbell Hall, Extension Building and Chappie James Center.

4 John A. Andrew Building Main hospital building of four floors and basement replacing old John A. Andrew hospital Building. Unfinished fourth floor. Used as a hospital unit Miscellaneous campus use afterwards as offices, classrooms, laboratories and storage on some floors. John A. Andrew Building-1971 Outpatient Building. Allied Health Building after hospital closed in Sebastian Kresge Center Administration Building. Location of the president and senior offices of the administration. Main frame computer location. The atrium mural, "Centennial Vision", IT wide by 26' high was painted by Nelson Stephens in 1980 for the 1981 centennial. Large Animal Care Center Veterinary Medicine's large animal facility. Classrooms, operating room, laboratories, faculty offices and over thirty stalls for housing animals. Frederick P. Patterson Hall Learning Resources Center, Named for Tuskegee's third president and Veterinarian Dr. F. D. Patterson. Location of Veterinary Medicine's Dean, Administrative and faculty offices, library, 323 seat auditorium, student lounge and media center. Miscellaneous Farm Buildings Small buildings erected west of Milbank Hall on the farm of metal or concrete block are Potato Curing House Machinery Storage Shed Planting Building w/3 greenhouses Poultry Laying House Swine Building-1975 Swine Research Poultry Research Laboratory ~ 1978 Poultry Range Shelter Feed Mill Plant Science Field Laboratory

5 Buildings at Tuskegee University Briefs of structures built during the Era of each President since 1881 A Chronological Listing by Booker Conley ( ) Buildings at Tuskegee Institute built during the Presidency of Dr. L. BL Foster ( ) Robert Russa Motoen Hall Engineering Building until 1970, Human Resources Center, Job Corps Center headquarters since Designed to be built in three units for electrical, mechanical and civil engineering, only two units built. Built by Institute Construction Information Booth Built as a news stand and souvenir shop for Institute made arts and crafts. Ouonset Hut Storage Built as a small bore rifle range for Army ROTC. A surplus building from the Tuskegee V. A. Medical Center. Dismantled, moved and re-erected by Construction Department at site below Bath house. Residence Hall-1954 Dormitory for women. Built by Institute Construction Department using Tuskegee block for partitions and back up. R. W. Woodruff Foods Processing Center Animal processing plant, meat storage. Laboratory and classroom. By Construction Department,

6 Thomas P. Russell Nursery-1957 Laboratory school for School of Education Nursery and Kindergarten. By Construction Benjamin Banneker Hall Built as Dormitory "C", named 1990, By Construction Charles R. Drew Hall Built as Dormitory "B", named By Construction Department Olivia Davidson Hall Built as Dormitory "A", immediately named. Women's dormitory. By Construction Thomas P. Russell Hall Built as Dormitory "D", for men. Women's dormitory in 1970's. By Construction Lewis Adams Hall Women's dormitory. Mary Mcleod Bethune Hall University Apartments "A" and "B" Built as married students apartments. Twelve units each, Samuel L. Young Hall

7 William Gregory Place "A" and "B" Faculty and Staff apartments. Six units each. Brick veneer, 2 story. University Apartments "C" and "P" Married students apartments. Twelve units each. Basil O'Connor Hall Nursing Education Building, A two story brick veneer building north of Harvey Hall (Nurses Home). Named for longtime Tuskegee trustee chairman. Houses nursing dean's offices, library, laboratories, classrooms and faculty offices. Emery Recreation Center A low, one story concrete block structure built by Buildings and Grounds Department nes to Emery III. Chapel-1969 Concrete and brick structure designed by internationally known architect Paul Randolph. Principal architects were Fry and Welch, Architects of Washington D. C.. Located in old chapel spot but further back from road. For interdenominational worship and multi use. Alumnus E. L. Pryce painted the moral in the chapel's lower level. The "Singing Windows" in the narthex are a reproduction of the original Chapels windows. Engineering Building A four level building with attached laboratory building and an underground nuclear area (now wind tunnel). Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Central Cooling Plant Metal building originally housed two 750 ton cooling units, cooling towers adjacent. Cooling provided to three hospital buildings, three Veterinary Medicine buildings, five men dormitories, Chapel, Kresge Center, Engineering Building, Campbell Hall, Extension Building and Chappie James Center.