no special gift made for this building, the
money required for its erection being taken from the general funds of
the Institute as they could be spared. A wing added later gave more
space for dining-rooms and provided a number of sleeping-rooms.

The money used in putting up the buildings at Tuskegee is made to do
double duty. In the first place, it provides the buildings for which it
was primarily given, and, in the second place, furnishes opportunities
for young men to learn the trades which are employed in their
construction. Following closely upon the completion of Alabama Hall,
there was begun another brick structure to be used as a dormitory for
young men. Olivia Davidson Hall bears the honored name of the school's
first and only Assistant Principal. Miss Davidson performed a
conspicuous part in establishing the school and placing its claim for
support before the public. This building is a four-story structure, and
the first of the school's buildings for which the plans were made by the
teacher of architectural drawing. The plans for all the buildings put up
by the Institute are now made in the division of architectural drawing
in charge of Mr. R. R. Taylor, a graduate of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, who is ably assisted by Mr. W. S. Pittman, a
graduate of Tuskegee and of the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia.

The need for a building to house the mechanical industries which, until
1892, had been conducted in temporary frame buildings on different parts
of the grounds, led to the erection of Cassedy Hall, a three-story brick
building standing at the east entrance to the grounds. Cassedy Hall,
together with a smaller building devoted to a blacksmith shop and
foundry, was used for the purpose mentioned, until three years ago, when
all the industries for men were moved into the Slater-Armstrong Memorial
Trades Building, at the opposite end of the grounds. Through the
generosity of Mr. George F. Peabody, of New York, Cassedy Hall has since
been converted into a dormitory for young men, and serves admirably for
this purpose.

Phelps Hall, which is the Bible Training School Building, is the gift of
two New York ladies who desired to do something to improve the Negro
ministry. The building is of wood and has three stories, containing a
lecture-hall, recitation-rooms, library, and sleeping-rooms for young
men. A broad veranda extends entirely around the building. Last year
there were enrolled fifty-six stud