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| Institution Name: Huntingdon College
Original/Historic Place Name: Julia A. Pratt Residence Hall
Location on Campus: 1500 E. Fairview Ave.
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s): Type of Place: Individual building
Style(s): (Glossary)
Materials:
| Foundation: brick; cement | | Walls: brick | | Roof: slate | | | Function:
| ca. 1912 | dining hall | | ca. 1912 | president's house | | ca. 1912 | residence hall | | ca. 2004-present (2007) | student union (meeting rooms for various clubs and organizations) | | ca. 2004-present (2007) | faculty offices | | ca. 2004-present (2007) | classrooms |
Significance: architecture, education, history
Landmark designation: | National Register | Huntingdon College Campus Historic District (2000) | Narrative: see below
References: see below |
Narrative:
By the fall of 1911, the rapid increase in enrollment justified the construction of a college dormitory, and in September 1912 students moved into the newly constructed Julia A. Pratt Residence Hall. In addition to dormitory bedrooms, Pratt also housed the College president and his family. The kitchen and dining room were also relocated from Flowers Hall to the basement of Pratt Hall (Rhoda Coleman Ellison, History of Huntingdon College: 1854-1954 [Birmingham: University of Alabama Press, 1954], 170-71).
The architectural features of the new dormitory harmonized with those of John Jefferson Flowers Memorial Hall. Designed in a Tudor Revival style, Pratt Hall (like Flowers Hall) is a 3 ½ story brick building with projecting, gabled, end bays. The front facade is dominated by a three-bay wide terrace that provides access to the main building's main entrance. A three-story brick connector extends from the rear elevation of the building, connecting Pratt with the Weenona Hanson Residence Hall.
| References: | | I. Bibliographic sources: | Ellison, Rhoda Coleman. History of Huntingdon College: 1854-1954. Birmingham, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1954.
Enzweiler, Susan, and Trina Binkley. Huntingdon College Campus Historic District. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 2000.
Memorandum to Melanie Betz from Anne Henderson, November 30, 1992. Montgomery, AL: Alabama Historical Commission.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr. Report on Methodist College for Women, Montgomery, Ala. [Brookline, MA: Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects], 1908.
| | II. Location of other data: | | University: Library, Special Collections | | SHPO | | Government Offices | |
