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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1900/00/00 Rev Dr William P Hayes Education William Hayes graduates from Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1922/00/00
1958/02/11 Martin Luther King Jr Speaker Prohibited by the city from speaking publicly in Greensboro, Rev Martin Luther King delivers a speech, "A Realistic Look At Race Relations", at the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel, Bennett College.

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Particulars for Bennett College Historic District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Higher Learning College
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style Georgian Revival
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Education Library
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Research facility
Historic Use School



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 3rd April 1992

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Bennett College Historic District
Registry Address: Roughy bounded by E. Washington, Bennett and Gorrell Sts.
Registry Number: 92000179
Resource Type: District
Theme Group: Greensboro MPS
Owner: Private
Architect: Multiple
Architectural Style: Gothic, Other
Attribute: Georgian Revival
Area in Acres: 16
Contributing Buildings: 15
Non-Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Non-Contributing Structures: 1
Contributing Objects: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National; State; Local
Area of Significance: Black, Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1922, 1926
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: College, School, Library, Research facility
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: Library College School Research facility

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