Washington Place at Emma B. Smith Blvd., Jarvis Christian Colleg, Hawkins, Texas. County/parish: Wood.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 05, 2000. NRIS 00000453.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Florence Robinson Cottage, also known as the Florence Robinson Building and the Alumni Heritage House, is a structure on the National Register of Historic Places located in Wood County, Texas on the campus of Jarvis Christian University outside Hawkins, Texas. The cottage is in the Modern Movement Style.
Constructed in 1939-1941 and remodeled in 1976, the building is the only structure on the campus remaining from the eleven year presidency of Peter Clarence Washington at the institution. The building became the Alumni Heritage House in 1976.
It was nominated for placement on the National Register of Historic Places in April, 2000, and installed on the registry in May of that year.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40974039