{"nrhp_refnum":"99000613","name":"Evans, Annie Laurie, Hall","other_names":["Center for Student Services"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"L.W. Minor St., building #0544","address_restricted":false,"city":"Prairie View","county":"Waller County","state":"TX","lat":30.093786107000028,"lon":-95.98008062999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Annie Laurie Evans Hall is a 3-story brick building on L.W. Minor Street at the center of the Prairie View A&M University campus in Prairie View, Waller County, Texas. Built in 1928 as a women's residence hall, it was designed by architect Louis E. Fry.","why_significant":"The hall reflects the growth of the student body and campus during the late 1920s and early 1930s, and the role of white governmental and philanthropic agencies, including the General Education Board, in running the African American campus. It is named for Annie Laurie Evans, the college's first Dean of Women. It is also an example of Collegiate Gothic design by a noted African American architect, significant at the state level.","narrative":"Built in 1928, Annie Laurie Evans Hall is a three-story brick building at the center of the Prairie View A&M University campus. Louis E. Fry, a noted African American architect, designed it as a residence hall for 228 women, using modest Collegiate Gothic touches such as cast stone detailing at the entries and gabled parapets. Federal money and a grant from the Rockefeller-funded General Education Board paid for construction. The hall is named for Annie Laurie Evans, who taught English at the college from the early 1900s and served as its first Dean of Women. Its history reflects the campus expansion of the late 1920s and the part that white governmental and philanthropic agencies played in the African American college. A renovation in 1975-76 converted the dormitory interior to offices, added an elevator and replaced the original windows. Today it houses student service offices. It is significant for education, ethnic heritage, its association with Evans, and architecture.","period_of_significance":"1928 - 1948","architect_builder":"Fry, Louis E. (architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival (Collegiate Gothic influence)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Renovated in 1975-76 and now used as a Center for Student Services housing university offices, including the Registrar and Financial Aid.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.522488-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/9705/40970595/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99000613.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000613/bd63ad313c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000613/bd63ad313c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mustangsally","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annie_Laurie_Evans_Hall.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mustangsally</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annie_Laurie_Evans_Hall.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970595","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317529"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/waller-county/evans-annie-laurie-hall-99000613/"}