Oakwood Ave., Raleigh, North Carolina. County/parish: Wake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 28, 1980. NRIS 80002903.
14 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites.
Saint Augustine's University is a private unaccredited historically black Christian college in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded by Episcopal Church clergy in 1867 for the education of formerly enslaved Black people. The university has traditionally focused its mission around first-generation college students and those students "who otherwise wouldn't get the opportunity" to receive a college education. Its athletics program has a record of achievements, notably in track and field.
From the early 1990s, St. Augustine's began to be challenged by legal problems, significant enrollment declines, low graduation rates, and financial shortfalls. Following years of financial mismanagement and general instability, the institution's accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), voted in December 2023 to remove St Augustine's from its membership and revoke its accreditation. The institution then underwent a lengthy appeals process which involved successful arbitration, maintaining the university's accreditation on a probationary basis. The SACSCOC, however, again voted in December 2024 to remove it from membership for continued noncompliance, and denied a subsequent appeal in March 2025. Following a second arbitration process, Saint Augustine's University was removed from SACSCOC membership on July 14, 2025, thereby losing accreditation.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722643