Crosby Hall
Completed in the summer of 1895, the Mechanical Building or Crosby Hall was designed by the first president of A&T,
John Oliver Crosby. This building used steam heat and gas lighting. It was called the finest structure of
its kind in the southern states. The name of the college in 1895 was A and M College for the Colored Race.
Dudley Memorial Building
This building is named for the second president of the university, James Benson Dudley.
It was built in 1930 and occupied in February 15, 1931. The H. Clinton Taylor Art gallery and the
Mattye Reed African Heritage Center are housed in Dudley.
F. D. Bluford Library
The original Bluford Library building was built in 1955 and was the home of the library until 1991.
The present library building dedicated on September 10, 1991 was named for the third president of the university,
Ferdinand Douglass Bluford.
Gibbs Hall
Named for the fourth president of the university, Warmoth Thomas Gibbs,
this building was constructed in 1980 and houses the departments of history,
political science, psychology, sociology and social work. The Graduate School founded in 1939
is also housed in Gibbs Hall.
Dowdy Administration Building
This building was completed in 1981 and named for the sixth president and
first chancellor of the university, Lewis Carnegie Dowdy. Many of the major administrative offices
are housed in the Dowdy building.
FORT INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTER (IRC)
This building constructed in 1953 was the home of the original Bluford Library from 1955 to 1991.
Named for the eighth chancellor, Edward Bernard Fort, it is now the center for interdisciplinary research at
the university.
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