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| W. Kerr Scott Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Dormitory |
| Location | North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Named for | W. Kerr Scott |
| Completed | 1951 |
| Demolished | July 11, 2004 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | McMinn and Norfleet |
W. Kerr Scott Hall was a student dormitory located on the campus of North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. Originally built in 1951, the building was named for W. Kerr Scott, former governor of North Carolina.[1]
History
[edit]Scott Hall was the first permanent building that the university would build on the newly acquired North Campus. The land that comprised of north campus was part of the Greensboro Training Center, a former United States Air Force installation used for combat training. The military installation was inactivated in September of 1946 and the majority of the 652 acre site was redeveloped and incorporated into the city's urban community. The university was able to purchase the 75 acres of the land adjacent to the campus.[2] At the time of construction, the university was in great need of on campus housing for it's male students. Of the 2,300 male students at the university, approximately 1,000 were being housed in temporary barracks remaining from the purchased Greensboro Training Center, which had been used during World War II as housing for soldiers and veterans that had returned from combat.[1] The $2 million (equivalent to $23,476,923 in 2023) that funded the construction of Scott Hall was provided by the state of North Carolina Legislature. This was the largest sum of money appropriated to the University at that time.[1]
During the 1952 university commencement, university president Ferdinand D. Bluford dedicated the new building.
Architecture
[edit]1963 Greensboro uprising
[edit]Legacy
[edit]Notable residents
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Scott Hall — F.D. Bluford Library @ N.C. A.&T. S.U." www.library.ncat.edu. F.D. Bluford Library,North Carolina A&T. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Bulletin of the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina [1955-1956]". library.digitalnc.org. Digital NC. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
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[[Category:North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University]]