Livingstone College Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Why it's listed
Livingstone College and its adjoining residential street occupy a hilltop in Salisbury, North Carolina, where the school moved in 1882 from Concord. The campus is laid out around a wide lawn lined with oaks, with brick buildings spaced apart and Goler Hall at the center. The college was founded by the A.M.E. Zion Church after earlier attempts failed, and it was one of the few black schools in the South established and run by a black church. Its first president, Joseph Charles Price, raised funds in England, and the school grew through teacher training, industrial trades and theological courses. Dodge Hall (1886), Ballard Hall (1887), Carnegie Library (1908), the Hood Building (1910) and Goler Hall (1917) remain from this early period. Modest Victorian homes on West Monroe Street were built for faculty and college leaders, including the Price and Dancy houses. The district is significant for its link to black education and for its surviving campus and housing from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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| Period of significance | 1850-1899 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Victorian eclectic, primarily of a vaguely classical bent |
| Areas of significance | Education, Architecture, Religion, Social History, Ethnic Heritage-Black |
| Acreage | 23 |
| Boundary source | NPS cultural-resource GIS polygon |
| Full listing page | Livingstone College Historic District (Additional Documentation) (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.