The Grambling State University Historic District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located in

Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage ...

campus, in

Grambling, Louisiana Grambling is a city in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,949 at the 2010 census. The city is home to Grambling State University and is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Grambling was designated a " ...

. The district area includes 16

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

and 5 non-contributing buildings. The district comprises school structures built between 1939 and 1960, with styles including

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 archi ...

Modern Movement Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

and International Style. wit
16 photos and two maps
/ref> The district was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

on December 7, 2010.

Contributing properties

*Long Hall, now Long-Jones Hall, , built 1939. *Gym and Auditorium, now Eddie G. Robinson Museum, , built 1939. *Lee Hall, , built 1939. *Jewett Hall, , built 1939. *Dunbar Hall, , built 1956. *Gymnasium/Physical Education Building, , built 1954. *Auditorium, , built 1960. *Science Building, now Carver Hall, , built 1958. *James Hall, , built 1956. *Dining Hall, , built 1960. *Brown Hall, , built 1956. *President's House, now Student Judicial Affairs, , built c.1950. *Female Faculty Housing, now University Police, , built 1943. *Infirmary, now Foster Johnson Center, , built 1943. *Natatorium, , built 1958. *Athletic Department, , built 1954.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Lincoln Parish, Louisiana Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub

Contributing properties

See also

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