Fountain Hall

Stone Hall, Atlanta University
Stone Hall in 1979
Fountain Hall is located in Atlanta
Fountain Hall
Fountain Hall is located in Georgia
Fountain Hall
Fountain Hall is located in the United States
Fountain Hall
LocationMorris Brown College campus, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33°45′16″N 84°24′31″W / 33.75444°N 84.40861°W / 33.75444; -84.40861
Built1882
NRHP reference No.74000680
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1974[1]
Designated NHLDecember 2, 1974[2]
Designated ALBOctober 14, 1989

Fountain Hall, formerly Fairchild Hall and Stone Hall, is a historic academic building on the grounds of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. Built in 1882, it is the oldest surviving building originally associated with Atlanta University—now Clark Atlanta University—which is the first of all historically black colleges and universities in the American South founded September 19, 1865. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.[2][3] It is now named after Bishop William A. Fountain.[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Stone Hall, Atlanta University". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2008.
  3. ^ James Sheire (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fairchild Hall / Atlanta University – Stone Hall" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Fountain Hall". City of Atlanta Urban Design Commission. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.

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