The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Robert Hall

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Institution Name: Morehouse College
Original/Historic Place Name: Robert Hall
Location on Campus: campus quad
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s):

1916	original construction Unknown

Type of Place: Individual building
Style(s): (Glossary)
Materials:

Foundation: concrete

Walls: brick (exterior); stone (trim)

Roof: shingle

Function:

ca. 1916	dining hall (and kitchen)
1916-present (2007)	residence hall (originally included two suites for faculty)
ca. 2004-present (2007)	other (post office in basement)

Significance: architecture, culture, education, history, religion
Landmark designation:

none

Narrative: see below
References: see below

Narrative:
Robert Hall was built in 1916 in response to a demand for additional housing on campus. Morehouse students of the early 1900s raised one thousand of the thirty thousand dollars used to build the building. The third building built on the present campus, it is presently revered by students as an integral component of the Morehouse College history.

References:

I. Bibliographic sources:

Bacote, Clarence A. The Story of Atlanta University, A Century of Service, 1865-1965. Atlanta, GA: Atlanta University, 1969.

Campus Master Plan, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, 2002.

Carter, Edward R. The Black Side; A Partial History of the Business, Religious, and Educational Side of the Negro in Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, GA, 1894.

Jones, Edward A. A Candle in the Dark, A History of Morehouse College. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1967.

II. Location of other data:

University: Library, Facilities Management Office