Loockerman Hall is an historic home located on the campus of
Delaware State University
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Dover
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Kent County, Delaware
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. It dates to before 1730, and is a large, two-story, brick plantation home in the
Georgian style. It measures 40 feet by 50 feet. It was the first building on the campus of the Delaware State College, originally established as the State College for Colored Students by an act of the Delaware General Assembly on 15 May 1891. Therefore, it is associated with the founding of Delaware's efforts to provide higher education for its African-American students.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1971.
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African-American historic places
University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Georgian architecture in Delaware
Houses completed in 1730
Houses in Dover, Delaware
Delaware State University
National Register of Historic Places in Dover, Delaware
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