Chronological History of Fayetteville State University
Buildings and Structures
1867 – Present Date

Link to Alphabetical List of Buildings

Link to Campus Map

Howard School
Founded and built in 1867.  Originally located on Gillespie Street until 1902 when it moved to Ashley Heights.
Named after General O. O. Howard of the Freedman’s Bureau.

Aycock Hall
First brick building built on present campus in 1908. 
Named after former Governor Charles B. Aycock.  Housed entire university.

Vance Hall, 1950

          
Vance Hall
Originally built in 1910, it was demolished in 1957.  It was named for North Carolina Governor Zebulon Vance who recommended the first state appropriation for the school.  It originally housed a girl’s dormitory and dining hall.  The present structure was built in 1966 as a boy’s dormitory. 

         
Smith Administration Building
Built in 1922.  Named after E. E. Smith.  Housed laboratories, classrooms, assembly hall and offices.

Bickett Hall
Built in 1922.  Named for Governor T. W. Bickett.  Girls Dormitory.

Smith Administration and Bickett Girls Dormitory

         
Cook Dining Hall
Built in 1923.  Named after Henry Lilly Cook who was Chairman of FSU Board of Trustees and
a board member since 1899. Currently the oldest building on campus. 

Buildings on Campus, circa 1920's

Mitchell Industrial Arts Building
Built in 1923.  Named after John W. Mitchell, an Agricultural Specialist.  Housed manual training classes.

Presidents' Residence
Completed in 1924.  Used as home for FSU presidents through the tenure of Dr. Charles “A” Lyons.

James M. Paige Alumni House
Built in 1924.

Alumni Gates, 1925

         
Joyner Hall
Completed in 1930.  Named in honor of Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
Used as a dormitory for girls.

Bickett and Joyner Hall, circa 1930s

Newbold Laboratory School
Completed in 1930.  Named after Dr. N. C. Newbold, State Director for Negro Education.  A complete grade school with classrooms, auditorium, cafeteria and offices used for Normal student’s teacher training.

Chesnutt Library, built in 1937

Original Chesnutt Library now Telecommunications Building, circa 2003

Chesnutt Library, built in 1968, now Helen Chick Building

Chesnutt Library, built in 1987

Chesnutt Library
Originally completed in 1937, and named after Charles Waddell Chesnutt, second principal
of the Howard School (1881-83) and renowned African American writer. 
The 1937 Library is now the Telecommunications Building.
Rebuilt twice; in 1968 (the current Helen Chick Building) and in 1987, the current building. 

                   
Harris Hall
Completed in 1938.  Girl’s dormitory.  Named after first principal of the Howard School, Robert Harris.

                             
Lilly Gymnasium
Completed in 1938.  Named after Dr. H. W. Lilly, Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Trustees.

               
Taylor Science Building
The Taylor Science Building was built in 1939 and was named after Robert R. Taylor,
the first Black graduate of MIT.  Taylor was a member of Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Cabinet. 
He became the first Black member of the FSU Board of Trustees in 1937. 
The Taylor Social Science Annex was built in 1968.

Chesnutt Library, Smith Administration Building and Bickett Hall, circa 1940's

James Walker Hood Hall, 1947 Yearbook

         
Hood Hall

University Police Department Security Building
Built in 1951.

         
Williams Hall
Built in 1952.  Men’s dormitory.

         
Smith Hall
Built in 1953.  Dormitory for young female faculty.  Named after Nannie L. Smith, wife of E.E. Smith.

         
Seabrook Auditorium
Built in 1953.  Named after Dr. James W. Seabrook, Fifth President.

Spaulding Infirmary
Built in 1955, named after Asa T. Spaulding.

                   
Rosenthal Fine Arts Building
Built in 1966 and named after Emil Rosenthal, a trustee for thirty years who was from Greensboro.

         
Bryant Hall
Built in 1966 as a girl’s dormitory.  Named after Professor Dunnie A. Bryant, a dorm matron for 26 years. 

          
Joseph Knuckles Science Annex
Built in 1968.

                             
Helen T. Chick Building
Built in 1968.  Originally built as second Chesnutt Library.  Ms. Chick was a Professor of Art at FSU. 

           
Lauretta Taylor Gymnasium
Built in 1969 and named for Coach and Instructor Lauretta Taylor. Formerly called the Women's Gym

Facilities Maintenance Planning and Construction Building
Built in 1969.  Originally called Physical Plant Building.

 
Collins Building
Built in 1970.  William R. Collins was a member of the FSU Board of Trustees for
19 years and was named the first Trustee Emeritus. 
Originally named the E. E. Smith Administration Building.

 
Barber Building
Built in 1971.  Named after Dr. Carlton J. Barber, a member of the FSU Board of Trustees for 25 years,
serving 5 of those as Chairman and was named Trustee Emeritus.
       
 
E. E. Smith Administration Complex
Named in 1981

         
Rudolph Jones Student Center
First photograph from 1973.  Named after Dr. Rudolph Jones, Sixth President of FSU.

                   
Butler Building
Completed in 1975.  Named after Dr. George Lee Butler, a native of Fayetteville, NC,
a prominent Dentist and Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

         
Continuing Education Building
Built in 1976.

New Residence Hall
Completed in 1977.

                     
Charles “A” Lyons Science Complex
Built in 1981 and named after Dr. Lyons, Seventh President and First Chancellor of FSU.

         
School of Business and Economics
Completed in 1988.  Named the Marion “Rex” and Aronul E. Harris
School of Business and Economics in 2004.

         
Capel Arena
Health, Physical Education & Recreation Complex or Sports Complex
was completed in 1995.  Named after Felton J. Capel, FSU Board of Trustee Member.

Hackley Honors Hall
Bulit in 1997 as a Dormitory named for President Lloyd V. Hackley.

Bronco Hall
Built in 2005.

University Place Apartments

CREDITS:

Content:  Ms. Joan Milligan, Ms. Martha Buie, Ms. Jan Whitfield, Ms. Eloise Vowotor

Photographs:  FSU Image Bank; Captioned Photos by Mr. Jonathan McDougald; Chesnutt Library Archives;
and Campus Buildings, Floor Plans Web Sites