Building brick from Spelman College's Upton Hall
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1905
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Spelman College, American, founded 1881
notes: label: Description
content: A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Spelman College's Upton Hall. The brick is a standard solid style brick, with slight irregularity because of a loss at one of the corners. The brick is a deep red color, and all sides of the brick are worn. There is no mortar residue except for a very small area on one of the brick's short sides.
place: label: Place used
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Spelman College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.118
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: building brick
label: Dimensions
content: 2 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (6.4 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)