- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Giles Hall at Spelman Seminary
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1895
- Subject:
- Universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Atlanta--Georgia
Facades--Georgia--Atlanta
Education--Georgia--Atlanta
Spelman College
Spelman Seminary - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Giles Hall on the campus of Spelman Seminary (later known as Spelman College), west of downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Spelman College was founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary by Harriet E. Giles and Sophia B. Packard, two white New England missionaries who recognized the need for higher educational opportunities for African American women in the South. In 1884, John D. Rockefeller donated the funds necessary for the purchase of nine acres of land west of downtown Atlanta for the school's campus. The institution was subsequently renamed Spelman Seminary in honor of Rockefeller's mother. In 1924, the name of the institution changed again to Spelman College to reflect its status as a liberal arts college. Today, Spelman is part of the Atlanta University Center, a consortium of African American institutions of higher education in Atlanta. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.349.001
ahc170349001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/304
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
