Marker Inscription
Education, Social History
Historic Place
Woolfolk, G.R., Social and Political Science Building
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About this site
Woolfolk, G.R., Social and Political Science Building is a historic place in Prairie View, Waller County, dedicated in 1999. It is one of 7 historic places documented in Waller County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 135 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.0947, -95.9890 near Prairie View. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hillard Hall (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Banks, W.R., Library, Evans, Annie Laurie, Hall, and Anderson, L.C., Hall.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2099000616. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The G. R. Woolfolk Social and Political Science Building at Prairie View A&M University originally served as the campus Education Building and Library before being renamed for historian George Ruble Woolfolk. It is one of several 1920s-30s buildings recognized for the architectural and educational history of the university. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Sources: sah-archipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org
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