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Image 1 of 1: Erected in 1930, Cravath Hall was designed by Nashville architect Henry Hibbs. The building orginally served as the Erastus M. Cravath Memorial Library, named after Fisk University's first president. The interior features murals by famed Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas. Cravath went through a $6.5 million restoration process in 2003 to restore the exterior building and interior murals. The building currently stands as an admistrative office for Fisk. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Erected in 1930, Cravath Hall was designed by Nashville architect Henry Hibbs. The building orginally served as the Erastus M. Cravath Memorial Library, named after Fisk University's first president. The interior features murals by famed Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas. Cravath went through a $6.5 million restoration process in 2003 to restore the exterior building and interior murals. The building currently stands as an admistrative office for Fisk. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Erected in 1930, Cravath Hall was designed by Nashville architect Henry Hibbs. The building orginally served as the Erastus M. Cravath Memorial Library, named after Fisk University's first president. The interior features murals by famed Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas. Cravath went through a $6.5 million restoration process in 2003 to restore the exterior building and interior murals. The building currently stands as an admistrative office for Fisk. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Cravath Hall

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Erected in 1930, Cravath Hall was designed by Nashville architect Henry Hibbs. The building orginally served as the Erastus M. Cravath Memorial Library, named after Fisk University's first president. The interior features murals by famed Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglas. Cravath went through a $6.5 million restoration process in 2003 to restore the exterior building and interior murals. The building currently stands as an admistrative office for Fisk. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Title Cravath Hall
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Sarah Lawson, Belmont University; 2020
Date 1930
Address 1000 17th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37208
Type Building
Coverage Area 4
Source Henry Hibbs, architect
Contributor Aaron Douglas; Moody Nolan Incorporated; Williams Restoration ; Erastus Milo Cravath; Fisk University
Subject African Americans; Architecture; Art; Great Depression and New Deal; Education; National Register of Historic Places
Keywords Buildings, Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Gothic Revival, Murals
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0