
The institution was actually three schools in one, offering programs on grammar school, high school and college levels. So many of the student's possessed only an elementary foundation that a two-year grammar school had to be set up; it was not discontinued until 1918. The Academy Department was a four-year college preparatory program of scientific, classical and technical courses on a par with high schools of the North, intended to continue where southern high school for African-Americans left off. The College of Arts and Sciences offered four-year programs in classics and sciences and two-year programs in commerce, music, teaching training, domestic arts, and ministerial training.
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The old auditorium was the longest surviving of the original campus buildings; it was torn down in 1956 for the Biology Building.
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Part of the original 1910 campus of the National Religious Training School, the Dining Hall was destroyed by fire in January 1925.
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"Class Room and Dining Hall - Nat'l Training School, Durham, NC"
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Part of the original campus for the National Religious Training School, the adminstration building was destroyed by fire in January 1925.
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Original Administrative Building.
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"Administration Walk - Nat'l Training School" (Teacher's Home on the immediate right and the Administration Building in the background.) - 1910s.
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TEACHERS HOME - NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
Part of the original campus for the National Religious Training School, the adminstration building was destroyed by fire in January 1925.
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"Administration Walk - Nat'l Training School" (Teacher's Home on the immediate right and the Administration Building in the background.) - 1910s.
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ORIGINAL BOYS' DORMITORY - NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE / NCCU
The original boys' dormitory building, constructed in 1910, was the only original masonry structure on campus, serving in that capacity until 1937.
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Shepard had to devote most of his energy to raising money, travelling incessantly throughout the east on fund-raising campaigns that yielded barely enough to meet operating expenses In 1912, the school issued $70,000 worth of bonds, using its property as collateral. The Board of Advisors assisted Shepard, and Benjamin N. Duke both provided substantial aid and solicited funds from business associates and friends in New York, arrong them Mrs. Russell Sage. Nevertheless, without a substantial endowment the school faced repeated financial crises. In 1913, Shepard obtained a mortgage on the school for $25,000 from JS Manning in order to facilitate retirement of the bonds.
With the economic strain of World War I, the situation became so desperate in September, 1915, that Manning was forced to foreclose on the mortgage. He sold all of the school property at a courthouse sale to the Golden Belt Realty Co. for $25,100. A few months later, the school resumed operation after Mrs. Russell Sage donated enough money to repurchase the property.. A new Board of Trustees appointed to reorganize the school discontinued the chautauqua features and shifted the emphasis from ministerial to teacher training. Free from debt for the first time, the institution reopened as the National Training School. As the war continued, however, additional gifts were not forthcoming, and Shepard's crisis-ridden struggle resumed as the school increased enrollment and overreached its financial capacity year after year.
DR. JAMES SHEPARD HOUSE - 1902 FAYETTEVILLE ST.
Dr. James Shepard, founder of what is now North Carolina Central University, moved to the house at 1902 Fayetteville St. in 1925. The house is Prairie Style architecture - common in the midwest, but not a common architectural form in Durham. Shepard lived in the house, and served as president of the university, until his death in 1947.
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Dr. James Shepard, founder of what is now North Carolina Central University, moved to the house at 1902 Fayetteville St. in 1925. Shepard, son of Augustus Shepard, well-respected minister of White Rock Baptist Church and brother of Dr. Charles Shepard, first lived in a house at 508 Fayetteville St.
After the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua was built, he moved into a small frame house on the campus. A fundraising drive by J.B. Mason, president of the Citizens Bank garnered enough funds to construct a new President's House on the corner of Brant St. and Fayetteville St. by 1923.
The house is and was Prairie Style architecture - common in the midwest, but not a common architectural form in Durham. Shepard lived in the house, and served as president of the university, until his death in 1947.
The house ceased to be used by the university's presidents (later "chancellors") after a new house for the chancellor was built in 1974. By 1980, it was in use as the admissions office for the university.
1902 Fayetteville, late 1970s
(1960s, courtesy of University Archives - James E. Shepard Memorial Library)
By the early 2000s, when I first went in the house, the university had abandoned the house, which was in very poor shape.
A concerted effort by Carolyn Green Boone, great-granddaughter of Dr. Shepard, resulted in NCCU restoring the house rather than demolishing it; the university received 5,000 from private donations and a grant from the National Park Service to fund the restoration. It is now fully restored, and serves as an exhibit to Dr. Shepard and a meeting space.
1902 Fayetteville St., 11.07.08
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CLYDE R. HOEY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
The oldest surviving building on the North Carolina Central University Campus, the Admistration Building (the Clyde R. Hoey Building) was part of the 'rebuilding' of the campus that occurred after inclusion in the UNC system.
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New Administration Building, now called the Hoey Building, 1929
In 1923, the North Carolina State Legislature appropriated funds for the purchase and operations of the National Religious Training School, and the school was renamed the "Durham State Normal School." By 1925, it was renamed the "North Carolina College for Negroes" with a focus on liberal arts education and preparation of teachers and principals for secondary schools.
The inclusion into the UNC system provided the funds to significantly upgrade the facilities on campus, authorized by the General Assembly in 1927. Per NCCU's official history, the support of Governor Angus McClean was an important factor in the appropriation, and the financial support of Benjamin Duke and "contributions of the citizens of Durham" allowed the facilities expansion to move forward.
Initially, this was done while retaining some of the original structures on campus; notably the Boys' Dormitory, the Auditorium, and the original Girls' Dormitory were retained, while new masonry structures designed by architects Atwood and Nash, replaced the Administration Building and Dining Hall, and provided a new Gymnasium and Girls' Dormitory.


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As part of the inclusion of North Carolina College into the UNC system, the General Assembly approved funds for new campus buildings; the original frame dining hall was replaced with a brick building in 1930.
New Dining Hall, 1930
This one-story Georgian Revival style building with basement also was designed by Atwood &Nash and completed in 1930 as the dining hall of the new college campus. Originally T-shaped, the building has been enlarged with two more wings to the rear so that it is almost square. Capped by a truncated hipped roof, the Flemish bond elevations feature rectangular windows topped by flat wooden lunettes in round-arched brick lintels. Brick quoins appear at all corners of the building. In the middle of the main elevation, there is a shallow pavillion from which a gable- roofed entrance bay projects slightly. Limestone details include a large medallion with swags above the entrance, rectangililar panels in the central pavillion, keystones above the lunettes, a string course, and a water table.
The building has been home to Academic Support Services since at least the mid-1980s.
1930 Dining Hall, 05.24.11
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ANNIE DAY SHEPARD RESIDENCE HALL
The Annie Day Shepard Residence Hall was the new "Girls' Domitory" in 1930; designed by Atwood and Nash, it is similar to the Clyde R. Hoey Administration Building in its long rectangular three-story hip-roofed form with end pavillions and gabled entrance pavillion.
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1930 Girls' Dormitory, 05.24.11
Three-story women's dormitory designed by Atwood and Nash and completed in 1930.
Similar to the Clyde R. Hoey Administration Building in its long rectangular three-story hip-roofed form with end pavillions and gabled entrance pavillion. Here, however, the quoins are brick and only the string course at the base of the third story and the keystones in the flat splayed brick lintels are limestone. The shallow one-story frame tetrastyle entrance portico in the Tuscan order is topped by a balustrade with turned balusters, and the doorway with a sunburst fanlight is recessed in a round arch with heavily molded frame surround containing a keystone. A four-story wing identical in style to the original building was attached to the southeast corner in 1950.
Annie Day Shepard was the wife of the school's founder and the grand-daughter of noted North Carolina furni- ture maker Thomas Day. She has been cited for her contributions to the progress of the school with her moral support of her husband's work, campaigning for the university, teaching, and even buying and cooking food for the students when the school was struggling in its early years.
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BN DUKE AUDITORIUM - NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Completed 1937 as part of the Public Works Administration building campaign. The focal point of the flat-roofed building with English bond brick elevations is the two-story frame portico supported by streamlined Corinthian columns that shelters the three identical entrances. The auditorium seats 900 and is named in honor of one of the school's major benefactors, whose contributions and bequest totalled approximately 5,000.
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The physical campus expanded again in the late 1930s with the addition of the BN Duke auditorium - named after the College's largest private benefactor to that date.
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Completed 1937 as part of the Public Works Administration building campaign. The focal point of the flat-roofed building with English bond brick elevations is the two-story frame portico supported by streamlined Corinthian columns that shelters the three identical entrances. Each entrance contains double doors and a transom with muntins in a lattice of pointed arches; a denticulated cornice and curved Georgian entablature tops the drop shoulder surround. A few feet above each entrance there is a stone medallion carved in concentric circles A narrow stone course flush with the brick walls encircles the building at the level of the top of the portico. The handsome interior, open the full two stories with a balcony across the rear, features walls divided into panels by applied molding and door surrounds similar to those of the three front entrances. The auditorium seats 900 and is named in honor of one of the school's major benefactors, whose contributions and bequest totalled approximately 5,000. The austere one-story flat-roofed band room built in 1960 is attached to the north side of the auditorium; it has English bond brick exterior walls, skylights, and no windows.
BN Duke Auditorium, 05.24.11
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WILLIAM H ROBINSON SCIENCE BUILDING - NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE / NCCU
Built by the Public Works Adminstration on the site of the original Boys' dormitory in 1939.
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Science Building, 05.24.11
The physical campus expanded again in the late 1930s with the addition of the BN Duke auditorium - named after the College's largest private benefactor to that date and the Science Building - which was erected at the location of the original Boys' Dormitory. The Science Building was designed by Public Works Administration architects, in a similar style to the Atwood and Nash Buildings.
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LIBRARY / ALBERT LEWIS TURNER HALL / WILLIAM JONES BUILDING
This tall T-shaped and hip-roofed one-story building with a mezzanine and a raised basement is part of the campus building campaign sponsored by the Public Works Administration. Brick elevations in English bond are punctuated by tall windows with. splayed brick lintels and limestone keystones. Constructed as a library, the building later served as the law school and today contains offices.
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Library Building, 05.24.11
Completed in December, 1937, this tall T-shaped and hip-roofed one-story building with a mezzanine and a raised basement is part of the campus building campaign sponsored by the Public Works Administration. Brick elevations in English bond are punctuated by tall windows with. splayed brick lintels and limestone keystones. Limestone also is used for the water table and brick quoins appear at all corners. Molded box cornices, octagonal cupola with bell-cast roof, and portico all are frame. The temple-style portico in the Tuscan order has a glazed rondel in the center of the pediment. The buildings' interior, the most elegant of the entire campus, has a foyer leading to an oval lobby, both with chair rails and wain- scoting with apnels outlined in applied molding. The lobby also features denticulated crown molding. Constructed as a library, the building later served as the law school and today contains offices. An austere modern two-story wing with a flat roof and brick elevations was added to the southeast corner in 1975. The building was named for a former Dean of the Undergraduate School.
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ANGUS W. MCLEAN MEN'S DORMITORY
This men's dormitory constructed as part of the Public Works Administration building program in 1937 is identical in form to Shepard Hall except that it lacks the shallow end pavillions. Identifying details include a molded box cornice with modillions; the main entrance is distinguished by a frame surround with fluted pilasters, entablature, and flat denticulated cornice. Named in honor of the North Carolina governor instrumental in arranging state appropriations of 0,000 for new brick buildings.
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1938 Boys' Dormitory, 05.24.11
This men's dormitory constructed as part of the Public Works Administration building program in 1937 is identical in form to Shepard Hall except that it lacks the shallow end pavillions. Identifying details include a molded box cornice with modillions; the main entrance is distinguished by a frame surround with fluted pilasters, entablature, and flat denticulated cornice. Named in honor of the North Carolina governor instrumental in arranging state appropriations of 0,000 for new brick buildings.
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RUTH G. RUSH WOMEN'S DORMITORY
Completed in 1939, the Georgian Revival style building was part of the school's Public Works Administration-sponsored campus building campaign. A slightly modified version of Annie Day Shepard Hall, it lacks a gable above the entrance pavillion and the balustrade on the frame Tuscan portico. Unlike Shepard Hall, however, the fanlight at the main entrance is leaded.
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Completed in 1939, the Georgian Revival style building was part of the school's Public Works Administration-sponsored campus building campaign. A slightly modified version of Annie Day Shepard Hall, it lacks a gable above the entrance pavillion and the balustrade on the frame Tuscan portico. Unlike Shepard Hall, however, the fanlight at the main entrance is leaded.
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CHIDLEY DORMITORY
Built in 1951 as a new men's dormitory - then a ways out from the bulk of the campus - Chidley's view of the football field has been rather compromised of late.
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Chidley Residence Hall.
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Chidley Residence Hall - seriously obstructed, 05.24.11
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INFIRMARY - NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
Part of the post-WWII campus expansion.
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Infirmary Building, 05.24.11
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MUSIC AND FINE ARTS BUILDING - NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE / NCCU
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JAMES S. LEE BIOLOGY BUILDING
Built·in 1956, this Georgian Revival style building is thoroughly compatible with the older campus buildings due to its rectangluar three-story with raised basement, hip-roofed form and English bond brick walls. Cast limestone appears only at the entrances: those at the ends of the building have surrounds with Tuscan half-columns while the main entrance features a convex one-story portico supported by four Tuscan columns.
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1956 Biology building, 05.24.11
Built·in 1956, this Georgian Revival style building is thoroughly compatible with the older campus buildings due to its rectangluar three-story with raised basement, hip-roofed form and English bond brick walls. Variations include darker brick for the quoins, water table, and string course,above the first-floor windows. Cast limestone appears only at the entrances: those at the ends of the building have surrounds with Tuscan half-columns while the main entrance features a convex one-story portico supported by four Tuscan columns.
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FIRE STATION #4 - FAYETTEVILLE ST.
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Constructed as a fire station and later converted to the Police and Public Safety Building for North Carolina Central University, this building has been significantly altered from its original design. The one-story, flat-roofed, brick building features a higher roofline on the right (north) portion, which originally served as a garage for the fire trucks, and a lower roofline at the left (south) and rear, which were offices and support spaces. The garage bays have been infilled with brick, as evidenced by a different bond pattern on the right side of the building, and that portion of the building now has an entrance on the left end, a single window in the middle, and a triple window on the right end and is sheltered by a projecting half-round portico on Doric columns. The left end of the façade projects slightly under the lower roofline that extends along the left elevation. This wing has high windows, grouped with continuous concrete sills and lintels. Original brick planters wrap around the southeast corner of the building. An entrance near the east end of the south elevation has been infilled with brick and near the center of the elevation is a solid metal door with a single light. A brick lattice wall extends from the right elevation, flush with the façade and screens mechanical equipment on the right side of the building. Most original window openings on the right elevation have been enclosed with concrete block. County tax records date the building to 1957 and the 1960 city directory lists the building as the City Fire Department – Station No. 4. The building housed the first African American fire fighters in Durham.
A new Fire Station #4 was built in 1958, and the station on McMannen St. was closed. This station was built contemporaneously with Fire Station #5 on Chapel Hill Road, and originally the two stations were nearly identical.
Fire Station #4 under construction, 06.21.57
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Fire station #4 near completion, 1957
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The station was staffed by an entirely African-American crew - the first African-American firefighters in Durham since the volunteer Excelsior Fire Company of the 1900s. Durham's ten original African-American firefighters at Station No. 4: Walter Thomas, Elgin Johnson, George W. King, Velton Thompson, Robert Medlyn, John O. Lyon, Nathaniel Thompson (who became Durham's first black fire chief in 1985), Sylvester Hall, Thomas Harris, and Linwood Howard.
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In 1999, this station closed, and the fire company moved to Riddle Road. The building was taken over by North Carolina Central University, which remodeled the building to house their campus police.
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PEARSON CAFETERIA
The most architecturally interesting of the buildings constructed during NCCU's late 2000s campus expansion.
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One of the newest additions to NCCU (and one of the more architecturally interesting buildings on campus, particularly among the new stuff - Pearson Cafeteria, 05.24.11)
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HOLY CROSS CHURCH
African-American Catholic Church located on Alston Avenue from the mid-20th century until moved for NCCU's expansion in 2010.
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Submitted by girlnblack77 on Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 3:57pm
In the photo captioned "Bird's Eye aerial, looking east, 1950s", the yellow dot ("New Classroom Building") is now known as Edmonds Classroom Building, and houses at least four departments: Political Science, History, Social Work, and Sociology. :)
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- NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY by gary, Fri, 11/08/2013 - 7:44am
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- Wed, 01/02/2013 - 2:27pm by gary
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Holy Cross Church was established in Durham in 1939 by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. As such, it was one of North Carolina's earliest African-American Catholic congregations. The congregation built a rectory in 1942, with one room serving as the chapel. The sanctuary was completed in 1953 at 1400 South Alston Avenue.
Surrounded by NCCU's expansion for many years, the congregation made the decision to move to _ in 2006, selling the property to NCCU. Central moved the church from the original location on South Alston to a new location on the southwest corner of Fayetteville Street and Pekoe Avenue. A new School of Nursing is under construction as of 2011 on the original site.
Mid-move, 04.24.10
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Prepped new site for the church at Pekoe and Fayetteville, 04.24.10
The university renovated the church building and "rededicated and renamed" the building "Centennial Chapel". The Chapel forms part of a park-like area with the <a href="http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/12/dr-james-shepard-house-1902... renovated James Shepard House</a>.
Holy Cross, now "Centennial Chapel" - 05.24.11
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05.24.11
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In the photo captioned "Bird
In the photo captioned "Bird's Eye aerial, looking east, 1950s", the yellow dot ("New Classroom Building") is now known as Edmonds Classroom Building, and houses at least four departments: Political Science, History, Social Work, and Sociology. :)
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In the photo captioned "Bird's Eye aerial, looking east, 1950s", the yellow dot ("New Classroom Building") is now known as Edmonds Classroom Building, and houses at least four departments: Political Science, History, Social Work, and Sociology. :)
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