First Accredited

African-American

ARCHITECT

Learn about our History

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The Taylor School of Architecture and Construction
Science (TSACS)Ìýis named after Robert Robinson Taylor,
the first accreditedÌýAfrican-American architect, and
the first Black to receive anÌýArchitecture degree
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Taylor is credited with developing the school’s program in
architecture and was often placed in charge of the day-to-day
operation of the school in the absence of the founder andÌýfirst
President, Dr. Booker T. Washington. Robert R. TaylorÌýdesigned
³¾´Ç²õ³ÙÌýof theÌýbuildingsÌýon campus built prior to 1932.

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[TUSKEGEE INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL TOURÌý(MI TU VCIT)]

(MAKING AN INSTITUTE,ÌýTUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
VIRTUAL CAMPUSÌýINTERACTIVE TOUR)

MI TU VCIT is a historical tour that reimagines Tuskegee’s campus as it

existed from its founding in 1881 to the death of Booker T. Washington in 1915.

It is a joint, interdisciplinary project between Tuskegee’s architecture and historÌýprograms.

The tour was completed by Tuskegee faculty and students in these areas along

with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.