Tuskegee University

Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama

Tuskegee University report to the Getty (PDF) 58.5MB

Founded in 1881, Tuskegee University gained national distinction and independence under the leadership of its first president, Booker T. Washington. Starting with thirty students in a single modest structure, Tuskegee University now accommodates nearly 4,000 students in five colleges on its 5,000 acres, which includes the main campus, a farm, forestland, and an historic airfield. The core of the campus is now listed as a National Historic Landmark District. Tuskegee will prepare an overall preservation plan for the historic structures, landscapes, and sites on its main campus and focus in-depth on preservation planning for five of its most historic structures built between 1893 and 1902.

Tuskegee University received a Getty grant in 2006 for $115,000 to support campus heritage planning.

Historic Designation(s): Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site (National Register of Historic Places, National Historic Landmark); Rockefeller Hall Bath House, Tuskegee Institute, Carver Museum, The Oaks, Foundry and Blacksmith Shop (Historic American Building Survey).