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Jubilee Hall (Fisk University)

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Built
  
1876

Designated NHL
  
December 2, 1974

Architectural style
  
Gothic architecture

Architect
  
Stephen Decatur Hatch

NRHP Reference #
  
71000817

Opened
  
1876

Added to NRHP
  
9 December 1971

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Location
  
17th Ave., N., Nashville, Tennessee

Similar
  
Fisk University Galleries, Tennessee State Capitol, Fort Negley, Downtown Presbyterian Church, Fort Nashborough

Jubilee Hall on the campus of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, was the university's first permanent building, completed in 1876. Funds to build Jubilee Hall were raised by the Fisk Jubilee Singers in their first European singing tour in 1873.

Map of Jubilee Hall, 17th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

The building houses a floor-to-ceiling portrait of the original Jubilee Singers that was given to the university by Queen Victoria during the 1873 tour.

Jubilee Hall was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.

References

Jubilee Hall (Fisk University) Wikipedia