Chandler Normal School Building and Webster Hall
- Also Known As: National Temple of the House of God and Parsonage
- Address: 548 Georgetown St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1889/00/00 | Founded soon after the Civil War by an Eastern missionary society, the Chandler Normal School locates to Ash Street. The private educational institution for blacks will teach with a moral and religious bias until it closes in 1923. | |||||
| 1890/09/00 | Isaac Scott Hathaway | Education | Isaac Scott Hathaway begins attending Chandler Normal School. | |||
| 1914/00/00 | Vertner W Tandy | Architect | Webster Hall is build at 548 Georgetown St as a teachers' and principal's home as part of Prof Frederick J Working's intended $100,000 improvements to the Chandler Normal School. | |||
| 1923/00/00 | The Chandler Normal School at 5552 Ash Street, a private educational institution for blacks with a moral and religious bias, closes. | |||||
| 1923/00/00 | The Chandler School, a private educational institution for blacks, closes. | |||||
| 1960/00/00 | Built of pale yellow brick, the west addition rises two stories with an entrance porch on the center of the west side with three round arches. This wing contains the main auditorium, which extends into the older building to include its first floor. |
| Particulars for Chandler Normal School Building and Webster Hall: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Cultural Affiliation | Black American |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Church Related Residence |
| Historic Use | Civic |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Architectural Style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Architectural Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Historic Use | School |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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