Location Information
(for the Old President's House)
Name:(Old) President's House [Alumni House Faculty Club (#1)]
Address:Alcorn State University
City/County:Alcorn, Claiborne County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:c.1830
No. of Stories:2
Registration Information
NR District Name:Alcorn State University (1982)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:4
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:09-26-1985
Recorded:11-12-1985
Book/Vol. No.:V. 11-T, p. 348
Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Alcorn State University District
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Context/Comments
Originally the President’s House of Oakland College, it was one of the original buildings of Alcorn A&M College when it was established at the former Oakland College property in 1871.

It is a contributing component of the Alcorn State University Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 20 May 1982.

It is included in "Architecture in Claiborne County, Mississippi" (p.84), "The State of Mississippi – Historic Properties" (1982) (p. 4), and "Buildings in Mississippi" (2020) (p.65, in the listing for Alcorn State University, ND80).
Brief Description
A side-gabled double-pile house of wood-frame construction, with a one-story, single-bay pedimented portico supported by two pairs of square box columns.