Crawford Hall

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Building

Address: 2119 H Street, N.W.

Square and lot, bordering streets: Square 77 (H, I, 21st, 22nd Streets)

Architect: Unknown

Date of construction: Unknown

Original owner: Unknown

Description: The building was named for William H. Crawford, a long-time political figure in his native Georgia and a Secretary of the Treasury under both Presidents Madison and Monroe. He was Secretary of the Treasury when Monroe signed the charter of our University's ancestor institution known as Columbian College on February 9, 1821. Crawford, a Georgia native, was a United States presidential candidate in 1824 despite having sufferred a paralyzing stroke the previous year. A University benefactor, as was his presidential rival John Quincy Adams, the University dedicated the building to Crawford when it acquired the former apartment building in 1963-1964. It became co-ed in 1972/1973.

Historic designation: None

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Author or Source: University Archives collections
Document Location: University Archives
Date Added to Encyclopedia: December 21, 2006
Prepared by: Lyle Slovick, Assistant University Archivist; G. David Anderson, University Archivist and Historian

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