Brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall at Hampton University
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1874
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Hampton University, American, founded 1868
label: Subject of
content: Richard Morris Hunt, American, 1827 - 1895
label: Subject of
content: American Missionary Association, American, 1846 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Hampton Singers, American, founded 1870
notes: label: Caption
content: Brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall, Hampton University, 1874
label: Caption
content: Hampton University is one of the first historically black universities. Located in Hampton, Virginia, it was founded in 1868 as the Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School by the American Missionary Association. By 1874, the college was successful enough to build Virginia-Cleveland Hall, an impressive structure that housed classrooms, a chapel, administration offices, and dormitories. Students help fund the Hall through ticket sales from the student choral group, the Hampton Singers.
label: Caption
content: Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
label: Description
content: A brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. The brick is rectangular in shape and is tan in color with darker grey areas throughout. The brick is cracked in several places and is pitted.
place: label: Place used
content: Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, a gift from Hampton University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.228
objectType: label: Type
content: blocks (shaped masses)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: clay
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (6.4 × 21.9 × 10.5 cm)