118-0059

Hayes Hall

VLR Listing Date

02/26/1979

NRHP Listing Date

06/19/1979

NRHP Delisting Date

03/19/2001

NRHP Reference Number

79003284

VLR Delisting Date

03/19/1997

Hayes Hall was formerly the main building of Virginia College and Virginia Seminary, founded in 1886 as an institution espousing the self-help educational principles for African Americans advocated by Booker T. Washington. Completed in 1888, the prodigious though deteriorated structure was demolished in 1988.

Last Updated: February 26, 2024

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

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