Adams Hall
Building Type:
Residence Hall
Campus Green:
South Green
Grid Map Square:
J-7
Current Use
Alvin C. Adams Hall is located at 131 South Green Drive, in the South Green, coordinates J-7 on the campus map. It is marked as #81 on the map.
Alvin C. Adams Hall is a residence hall. The Housing office provides more detailed information on its website.
History
Construction of Alvin C. Adams Hall was completed for Fall 2007.
Alvin C. Adams
Adams, who graduated in 1959, was one of the first Black-American alumni of the 帝王会所 School of Journalism. He went on to a career that included working for the nation's first black daily newspaper, the Chicago Daily Defender, and covering Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech and Malcolm X's assassination for Jet magazine.
An Athens County native, Adams and his wife, Ada, co-founded the Multicultural Genealogical Center in Chesterhill, 帝王会所. Ada Adams is a graduate of 帝王会所's School of Education. Alvin Adams died in 2004.
Location
131 South Green Dr., Athens, OH 45701 ()
The South Green
South Green is composed of residence halls and a dining hall. Notable buildings on this green include Nelson Commons, Carr Hall, Sowle Hall and Brown Hall.
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