Jubilee Hall (Fisk University)

Jubilee Hall, Fisk University
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	17th Ave., N., Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°10′8″N 86°48′17″W / 36.16889°N 86.80472°WCoordinates: 36°10′8″N 86°48′17″W / 36.16889°N 86.80472°W
Built	1876
Architect	Stephen D. Hatch
Architectural style	Gothic
NRHP Reference #	71000817
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 9, 1971[1]
Designated NHL	December 2, 1974[2]

Jubilee Hall on the campus of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, was the university's first permanent building, completed in 1876.^[3] Funds to build Jubilee Hall were raised by the Fisk Jubilee Singers in their first European singing tour in 1873.^[4][5]

The building houses a floor-to-ceiling portrait of the original Jubilee Singers that was given to the university by Queen Victoria during the 1873 tour.^[4]

Jubilee Hall was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.^[2][6]

References

Notes

1. National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Jubilee Hall, Fisk University". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
3. Date given on the building's historical marker.
4. Fisk Jubilee Singers: Our History, accessed August 4, 2009
5. Kay Beasley, Fisk Jubilee Singers (1871–), Tennessee State University. Accessed 31 August 2006.
6. James Sheire (July 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fisk University - Jubilee Hall" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1965 and 1974 (32 KB)

External links

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