Vawter Hall and Old President's House

Vawter Hall and Old President's House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Vawter Hall
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Location	Virginia State University campus, Ettrick, Virginia
Coordinates	37°14′4″N 77°25′5″W / 37.23444°N 77.41806°W / 37.23444; -77.41806Coordinates: 37°14′4″N 77°25′5″W / 37.23444°N 77.41806°W / 37.23444; -77.41806
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1907
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference #	80004180
VLR #	020-5246
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 07, 1980
Designated VLR	February 19, 1980

Vawter Hall and the Old President's House are two of the oldest buildings at Virginia State University, the oldest state-supported college for blacks in the United States. Vawter Hall was built and named in 1908 in honor of the school’s late rector and authority on industrial training, Charles E. Vawter. The School was originally chartered as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1882, created through an agreement with the Readjuster Party to found a state-supported school of higher learning for blacks.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.