Old Dominion University: Rollins Hall – Norfolk VA

City:
Norfolk, VA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Colleges and Universities

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

Completed:
1936

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

“The Administration Building, complete with a library, offices, six classrooms, two gymnasiums and a swimming pool, opens in September 1936. Funded by a loan and grant from the federal Public Works Administration, the cost is $123,000. In continuous use ever since, this Federal Revival-style facility is named for Old Dominion’s third president, Alfred B. Rollins Jr., in 1996.”   (https://www.odu.edu)

Location Info


5215 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Norfolk County

Coordinates: 36.8899702, -76.304579

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