New Orleans University
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New Orleans University c. 1920
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New Orleans College |
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Type | Private , HBCU |
Active | 1869 ( 1869 ) –1935 |
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29°55′37″N 90°06′43″W / 29.927°N 90.112°W / 29.927; -90.112 |
Affiliations | Gilbert Academy |
New Orleans University was a historically black college that operated between 1869 and 1935 in New Orleans , Louisiana, United States. It was founded by Freedmen's Aid Society and the Methodist Episcopal Church . It merged with Straight College in 1935 to form Dillard University . [1]
History
New Orleans University was founded in 1869 by the Freedmen's Aid Society with funds from the Methodist Episcopal Church. [2] It was located above Canal Street (present-day Lower Garden District ), [2] at Camp and Race streets in New Orleans. In the year 1869, sixteen schools for African Americans were active in the New Orleans area. [2] It later moved to 5318 St. Charles Avenue , near what is presently Jefferson Avenue. [3]
New Orleans University was considered an auxiliary school to the Gilbert Academy , a prestigious college-preparatory school for African-American students in New Orleans. [3] The two schools formed an administrative merger in 1919, [4] with the two institutions remaining in their respective locations. [5] When New Orleans University and Straight College combined to form Dillard University at a new campus in Gentilly in 1935, Gilbert Academy moved into the buildings vacated by New Orleans University. [6]
Notable alumni
- John Louis Wilson Jr. (1898–1989), American architect [7] [8]
References
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New Orleans City Guide
. Works Progress Administration (WPA). Garrett County Press. 2011-08-15.
ISBN
978-1-891053-40-5
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: CS1 maint: others ( link ) - 1 2 3 Toledano, Roulhac; Christovich, Mary Louise; Swanson, Betsy (1971-01-01). New Orleans Architecture: Faubourg Tremé and the Bayou Road . Friends of the Cabildo. Pelican Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-56554-831-2 .
- 1 2 Johnson, T. R. (2023-03-02). New Orleans . Cambridge University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-316-51206-7 .
- ↑ United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana; McKinney. "Description and history of Gilbert Academy" . Louisiana Digital Library . Louisiana Works Progress Administration. p. 35.
- ↑ Bethea, Judith (April 2004). "Two remarkable African-American schools and the site they shared on St. Charles Avenue". Preservation in Print . 31 (3): 28–29.
- ↑ Campanella, Richard (February 2021). "Preservation's selective lens: the Gould House, Gilbert Academy and the legacy of New Orleans University". Preservation in Print : 10–12.
- ↑ Anderson, Susan Heller (1989-11-04). "John L. Wilson Jr., 91, Architect Of Harlem River Houses, Is Dead" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-02-21 .
- ↑ Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (2004-03-01). African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95628-8 .
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