State Teachers and Agricultural College for Negroes Women's Dormitory and Teachers' Cottage
Also known as: Hubbard Training School Dormitory; Hubbard School
Why it's listed
Two brick buildings on a rise along Georgia Highway 83 southwest of Forsyth are all that remain of a campus built from 1929 onward for a pioneering Black teacher-training school. A two-story Colonial Revival women's dormitory, completed in 1936, has full-height brick pilasters, entry porticos and a simple cornice. Nearby stands a one-story Craftsman-style teachers' cottage built in 1929-1930, with a hip roof, wide eaves and a brick fireplace. The school began in 1900 under William Merida Hubbard and grew into the State Teachers and Agricultural College for Negroes, one of only three state-supported Black colleges in Georgia. Its Exchange Teachers Plan trained rural teachers. After college functions moved in 1938, the campus reopened as the Hubbard Training School, and the dormitory later housed teachers and classrooms until 1970. The buildings were listed for their roles in education, Black heritage and architecture. The dormitory is being restored as a museum.
Significance in brief: They are the last two publicly owned buildings from an important African-American educational institution that became one of three state-supported Black colleges in Georgia. They are significant for education, ethnic heritage (Black) and architecture, as representative campus residential buildings for students and teachers. The dormitory keeps its Colonial Revival character, and the cottage is a Craftsman bungalow applied to institutional housing.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 03000475, listed May 30, 2003. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Martin Luther King Dr., Forsyth |
|---|---|
| County | Monroe County |
| Listed | May 30, 2003 |
| Reference number | 03000475 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1929-1953 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Education, Black |
| Level of significance | State, Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The dormitory has stood largely vacant since the 1970s and is being restored by the Hubbard Alumni Association as a museum and cultural center; the cottage is used for health care. |
| Acreage | 3 |
| Coordinates | 33.02353, -83.95432 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 03000475.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q136378219
- This listing as JSON
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