The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Jennie E. Lane House

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Institution Name: Lane College
Original/Historic Place Name: Jennie E. Lane House
Location on Campus: 480 La Conte Ave.
Date(s) of Construction:

1993	acquired by college
n.d.	original construction

Designer: unknown
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Regionalist/Vernacular, Other (Glossary)
Significance: culture, history
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: cement

Walls: brick

Roof: asphalt

Function:

ca. 1993	private residence
ca. 2004-present (2006)	other (branch of college's computer center)

Narrative:
This house, acquired by the college in 1993, is named in memory of Jennie E. Lane. Ms. Lane was the daughter of Bishop Isaac Lane and the first teacher at the college. She later married Nelson Caldwell Cleaves, for whom Cleaves Industrial Hall is named.

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