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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1769/09/00 Gen James Mitchell Varnum Education James Mitchell Varnum graduates with honors from the first graduating class at Rhode Island College in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
1770/00/00 Nicolas Brown and Company Builder University Hall is built as the first building of the College, originally called the College Edifice
1770/00/00 Joseph Brown of Providence Architect University Hall is built as the first building of the College, originally called the College Edifice
1824/00/00 George Arnold Brayton Education George Arnold Brayton graduates form Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
1880/00/00 Walter Foster Angell Education Walter Foster Angell graduates from Brown University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and the honor of membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity.

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Particulars for University Hall, Brown University:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Higher Learning College
Area of Significance Education
Historic Use Educational related housing
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: University Hall, Brown University
Registry Address: Brown University Campus
Registry Number: 66000003
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1770, 1771
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: College, Educational related housing
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function:

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