The President's House is a historic building on the campus of

Southern Arkansas University Southern Arkansas University (SAU) is a public university in Magnolia, Arkansas, United States. The university had an enrollment of 5,100 undergraduate and graduate students as of fall 2023. History Southern Arkansas University was established ...

(SAU) in

Magnolia, Arkansas Magnolia is a city in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 11,577. The city is the county seat of Columbia County. Magnolia is home to the World's Largest Charcoal Grill and the World Championship ...

. The single-story brick structure was designed in the Mid-Century Modern style by

Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson is an American architectural firm. It was founded in 1919 in Little Rock, Arkansas as Wittenberg & Delony by architects George H. Wittenberg and Lawson L. Delony. Wittenberg's son, Gordon G. Wittenberg ...

, and built in 1958. The architectural style is a departure from the rest of the firm's work for SAU, which is predominantly Colonial Revival in character. The house is set north and east of the university's athletic fields, away from the main campus buildings. Its construction was begun under the tenure of Dr. Dolph Camp. It was used as the official residence of the university president until the summer of 2001, and has since 2003 housed the SAU Foundation. The building was listed on the

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in 1986.

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University and college presidents' houses Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Houses completed in 1958 Houses in Columbia County, Arkansas Southern Arkansas University National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Arkansas Mid-century modern University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas 1958 establishments in Arkansas {{ColumbiaCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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