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{{Infobox NRHP
| name                 = Chapelle Administration Building
| nrhp_type            = nhl
| image                = Chappelle Administration Building, Allen University (Columbia).jpg
| caption              = Chappelle Administration Building
| location             = 1530 Harden St., [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
| coordinates          = {{coord|34|0|39.5|N|81|1|15|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin             = South Carolina#USA
| area                 =
| built                = 1922
| architect            = Lankford, John A.
| architecture         =
| designated_nrhp_type = December 8, 1976<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1669&ResourceType=Building|title=Chapelle Administration Building|accessdate=2008-03-05|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023075923/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1669&ResourceType=Building#|archive-date=2007-10-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| added                = December 8, 1976<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
| refnum               = 76001710
| partof               = [[Allen University]]
| partof_refnum        = 75001705
}}
The '''Chappelle Administration Building''', on the campus of [[Allen University]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]], was designed by [[John Anderson Lankford]], known as the "dean of black architects."<ref name="scdahsum">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740031/index.htm
|title=Chapelle Administration Building, Richland County (Allen University, 1530 Harden St., Columbia) |accessdate=2008-03-05|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History}}</ref>  The building name has been spelled '''Chapelle Administration Building''' in HABS and NPS reports.  It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1976, cited as one Lankford's most important works.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nhlnom">{{Cite journal|title=National Historic Landmark Nomination: Chapelle Administration Building|url={{NRHP url|id=76001710}} |format=pdf|date=June 30, 1976 |author=Lynn Gomez Graves |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
In addition to its National Register of Historic Places status, the Administration Building falls within the boundaries of Waverly Protection Area, a Preservation District within the City of Columbia Urban Design and Historic Preservation District system.<ref>"City of Columbia Preservation Districts". ''City of Columbia Planning and Preservation''. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved January 2, 2023.</ref> This Preservation District is an expansion of [[Waverly Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina)|Waverly Historic District]].
==Description and history==
The [[Allen University]] campus is located northeast of downtown Columbia, centered in a block bounded by Taylor, Harden, Pine, and Hampton Streets.  The Chappelle Building is set at the northwestern corner of this block, facing Harden Street.  It is a {{frac|3|1|2}}-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with stone trim, and has a slate roof with a reproduction of its original cupola (destroyed by lightning in 1974) on top, and five gabled dormers.  The main facade is fourteen bays wide, with a three-arched single-story porch extending across the middle six bays.  The porch is topped by a low balustrade, and there is a pedimented entrance to the upper level of the porch on the second floor. Windows on the lower two levels have stone keystones, and there are panels of garlands between the second and third levels.<ref name=nhlnom/>
[[Image:ChappelleAdministrationBuilding.JPG|thumb|left|photo c. 2010]]
Allen University was founded in 1870, and established its campus in Columbia in 1880.  This Colonial Revival building, which still plays a prominent role in the campus, was built 1922–25 to a design by [[John Anderson Lankford]] (1874–1946) for the then-substantial sum of $165,000.  Lankford rose from humble beginnings to earn degrees in mechanical engineering at the [[Tuskegee Institute]].  While his training included drafting, it did not include architectural design.  At various university positions (mainly with predominantly African-American schools), he was called on to design buildings, eventually leading to his appointment as the chief architect of the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] (AME) in 1908.  The Chappelle Administration Building is one of his major works.<ref name=nhlnom/> The building is named in honour of Bishop [[William D. Chappelle]], who was the university's president from 1898 to 1899.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thestate.com/news/local/education/article20191749.html|title=At Allen University, a historic stage is set to come to life again|work=thestate|access-date=2017-03-20|language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia, South Carolina]]
*[[Waverly Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina)|Waverly Historic District]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Chappelle Administration Building}}
*[http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740031/index.htm Chapelle Administration Building, Richland County (Allen University, 1530 Harden St., Columbia)], at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
*{{HABS |survey=SC-397 |id=sc0413 |title=Allen University, Chapelle Administration Building, 1530 Harden Street, Columbia, Richland County, SC|photos=1 |data=3 |cap=1}}
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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina]]
[[Category:University and college administration buildings in the United States]]
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[[Category:Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina]]