Restoration of Vawter Hall

Vawter Hall was named for Captain Charles E. Vawter, a life-long educator and chairman of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute Board of Trustees from 1902 until his death in 1905. Constructed in 1908, it was the first building on campus built explicitly for classroom use and continues today as the home of the Language and Literature Department. Vawter Hall was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Park Service's Register of Historic Places in 1980. A restoration project funded by the National Park Service's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Grant Program provides essential repairs to preserve the structure, including foundation waterproofing and drainage improvements, repairs to the exterior façade and roof, and repairs of exterior doors and lighting.

Ettrick, Virginia · United States