- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Hampton University, American, founded 1868
- Hunt, Richard Morris, American, 1827 - 1895
- American Missionary Association, American, 1846 - 1999
- Hampton Singers, American, founded 1870
- Date
- ca. 1874
- Medium
- clay
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (6.4 × 21.9 × 10.5 cm)
- Caption
- Brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall, Hampton University, 1874
- Hampton University is one of the first historically black universities. Located in Hampton, Virginia, it was founded in 1868 as the Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School by the American Missionary Association. By 1874, the college was successful enough to build Virginia-Cleveland Hall, an impressive structure that housed classrooms, a chapel, administration offices, and dormitories. Students help fund the Hall through ticket sales from the student choral group, the Hampton Singers.
- Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
- Description
- A brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. The brick is rectangular in shape and is tan in color with darker grey areas throughout. The brick is cracked in several places and is pitted.
- Place used
- Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- Building Arts
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, a gift from Hampton University
- Object number
- 2015.228
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




