Alcorn State University Historic District is a
historic district on the campus of
Alcorn State University in rural
Claiborne County, Mississippi, northwest of
Lorman. It includes
Oakland Memorial Chapel
Oakland Memorial Chapel is a historic church and academic building on the campus of Alcorn State University in rural southwestern Claiborne County, Mississippi. Built in 1838 as part of Oakland College, it is one of the oldest surviving build ...
, a
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...
and seven other buildings.
History
Rowan and Martin were two graduates who served as college presidents in the early 1900s and greatly improved the campus. L. J. Rowan was president from 1905 to 1911 and again from 1915 to 1934. J. A. Martin was president from 1911 to 1915.
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Buildings and sites
It includes eight contributing buildings:[
*Administration Building (1928)
*Harmon Hall (1929)
*Lanier Hall (1939), ]Colonial Revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...
.
* Oakland College, Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
:
**''Belles Lettres'' ( 1855)
**Dormitory No. 2 (c. 1855)
**Dormitory No. 3 (c. 1855)
** Oakland Chapel (c. 1838)
*President's House (c. 1930)
The 1959 Library and Science Building is an intrusion in the district.[ with ]
References
1982 establishments in Mississippi
Alcorn State University
Geography of Claiborne County, Mississippi
National Register of Historic Places in Claiborne County, Mississippi
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
Protected areas established in 1982
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