The Social Work Building was constructed in 1902 and was originally used as dormitories. The Architects were Andry and Bendernagel and the building was designed in the Dutch and Italian Renaissance revival style. The Tulane School of Social Work had its beginning in 1914 as a training program. Sponsored by grants from the American Red Cross, a formal one-year program was implemented in 1921. By 1927, with funding from a Rockefeller grant, the school became a separate program with a two-year curriculum. In 1935 the university established the degree of Master of Social Work.
Tulane University, or officially The Tulane University of Louisiana, a private, nonsectarian university, was established as a public medical college in 1834 and grew into a comprehensive university in 1847 and was eventually privatized under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1884. Tulane’s primary campus, the Uptown or St. Charles campus, was established in the 1890s and occupies more than 110 acres.
The Tulane University of Louisiana National Historic District is bound by St. Charles Avenue, South Claiborne Street, Broadway and Calhoun Street.
Tulane University of Louisiana National Register #78001433
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