- 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)
Source notes
https://www.odu.edu/about/historyandarchives/75-great-moments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dominion_UniversityAt this Location:
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