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Latest revision as of 18:17, 16 November 2020
Dawson's Row in contemporary UVA Grounds map, highlighting Dawson's Row #1 (Fickenscher House).
Dawson's Row is a set of buildings on the Grounds of the University of Virginia, located behind the McIntire Amphitheatre. The buildings remaining in the area, comprising the Office of African-American Affairs, include the Luther Porter Jackson Black Cultural Center, Luther Porter Jackson House, and W.E.B. DuBois Center; the buildings were originally a parsonage built in 1855, a cottage built in the 1890s, and an outbuilding that is thought to have housed slaves in the 19th century. A fourth building, called Dawson Row #1 and not affiliated with OAAA, is called "Fickenscher House" on the University of Virginia map and currently houses English Department offices.[1] As Arthur Fickenscher's address in the 1921 Corks and Curls was given as Dawson's Row, it is possible that #1 was in fact his house.[2]
The Row historically included six student dormitory buildings that were erected in 1859 on land formerly occupied by Dawson's Farm, and in fact were built with the proceeds from its sale. These dormitories were demolished between 1931 and 1953.[3]
A glee club was founded by student's living in the Dawson's Row dormitories in 1880-1881.
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- ↑ Stith, Courtney (2018-04-26). "From enslavement to reclamation: the history of Dawson's Row". Cavalier Daily. https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2018/04/from-enslavement-to-reclamation-the-history-of-dawsons-row. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ↑ Corks and Curls. 1921. p. 23. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Corks_and_Curls/xqZVAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22dawson's%20row%22%20%22fickenscher%22&pg=PA22&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22dawson's%20row%22%20%22fickenscher%22.
- ↑ "W.E.B. DuBois Center". Office of African-American Affairs (University of Virginia). https://oaaa.virginia.edu/w-e-b-du-bois-center. Retrieved 2020-11-16.