H.L. Trigg Building – Elizabeth City NC

City:
Elizabeth City, NC

Site Type:
Education and Health, Libraries, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1937

Completed:
1939

Description

The H.L. Trigg Building, on the campus of Elizabeth City State University, was originally the G.L. Little Library and later the Thorpe Administration Building. It was built with Public Works Administration and state funds. It was dedicated in May 1939, along with Bias Hall, a women’s dorm. That same year, the name of the school changed from the Elizabeth City State Normal School to Elizabeth City State Teachers College.

Source notes

Elizabeth City State Teacher's College Catalogue for 1940-41 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Elizabeth City State Teacher's College Historic District Johnson, Evelyn Adelaide. History of Elizabeth City State University: A Story of Survival. New York: Vantage Press, 1980.

Site originally submitted by Sarah Downing on July 27, 2014.

Location Info


Parkview Drive
Elizabeth City, NC 27909

Coordinates: 36.284600, -76.21320

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