National Park Seminary Historic District
- Also Known As: National Park College
- Address: Linden Ln
- Vicinity: I-495
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1887/00/00 | Thomas Franklin Schneider | Architect | Forest Inn, a resort hotel with fine dining and live entertainment, opens. Designed by architect Thomas F Schneider and constructed by W P Lipscomb. | |||
| 1894/00/00 | John and Vesta Cassedy, former educators at the Norfolk College for Young Women in Virginia, purchase the former Forest Inn and casino and establish an exclusive finishing school. | |||||
| 1894/00/00 | Emily Elizabeth Holman | Architect | Eight sorority clubhouses are built between 1894 and 1904. Most buildings at the National Park Seminary are designed by E E Holman (but not the 1927 ballroom). | |||
| 1898/00/00 | Emily Elizabeth Holman | Architect | Chapel and the Aloha Dormitory are constructed. The Miller Library (1901), the Odeon Theater (1907) and gymnasium (1907) are also built. | |||
| 1942/00/00 | US Army requisitions National Park College via the War Powers Act for use as a convalescent facility. Roy Tasco Davis, a Missouri educator and former US minister to Panama and Costa Rica, who ran the college was paid $855,000 for the property. | |||||
| 1954/00/00 | Between 1954 and 1973, US servicemen are exposed to a variety of virulent diseases: yellow fever, hepatitis A, Q fever and the plague in the effort to develop vaccines. |
| Particulars for National Park Seminary Historic District: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Owner | Federal |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Architectural Style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals |
| Architectural Style | Late 19th and early 20th century american movements |
| Historic Use | School |
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