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Gaines Hall

1869 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)Brick buildings and structures in the United StatesBuildings and structures in AtlantaClark Atlanta UniversityCommons category link is defined as the pagename
Morris Brown CollegeSchool buildings completed in 1869Use American English from August 2026Use mdy dates from August 2026
2015 05 15 Morris Brown College Gaines Hall 1
2015 05 15 Morris Brown College Gaines Hall 1

Gaines Hall is a building located in the historic district of the Atlanta University Center in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was designed by architect William H. Parkins in the Italianate style and was built in 1869. It is one of the oldest buildings in the city. The building, originally called North Hall, was constructed as the first permanent building for Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University). It originally functioned as an academic building and hosted several famous academics during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including W. E. B. Du Bois. In 1932, Morris Brown College took ownership of Atlanta University's original campus, including Gaines Hall, and converted the building into a dormitory. In 2012, Morris Brown declared bankruptcy and the building, along with some surrounding property, was sold to the government of Atlanta. In 2018, Clark Atlanta University was awarded the property and Gaines Hall as part of a lawsuit they initiated against the city based on a deed established between the university and Morris Brown College in 1940. In the 2010s and 2020s, the building experienced several fires that severely damaged the structure, including one in 2015, two in 2023, and one in 2024.

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Alonzo Herndon Stadium, named for Alonzo Herndon, is an abandoned 15,011-seat stadium on the campus of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is the only two-sided stadium in the Atlanta University Center. It is one block over from the locally known Herndon Home, and sits above the MARTA East-West rail line. The stadium opened in 1948. It is the largest stadium at an institution in the Atlanta University Center, and the only with stands on both sides.In addition to sports, the stadium hosted concerts. Ray Charles recorded a live album at the stadium.During the 1996 Summer Olympics, Herndon Stadium hosted field hockey. It was expanded and renovated ahead of the games. It was also used as the stand-in for the demolished Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia during filming of the 2006 movie We Are Marshall.The stadium was the home to the former Georgia Mustangs and the former Atlanta Beat women's soccer club of the WUSA league, the latter of whom played there from 2001 until 2003.Due to the college's financial hardships, the stadium was abandoned and is in a state of disrepair, gutted by vandals and covered in graffiti and trash. The stadium was sold by Morris Brown College, and was abandoned in 2014. Its sale created controversy due to a land-use agreement with other members of the Atlanta University Center and historic property deeds. The stadium is now own by Clark Atlanta University. The school is planning to restore the stadium.