SHAW UNIVERSITY S MEDICAL PROGRAM, LEONARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, OPENED IN 1881 WITH ITS ORIGINAL HOSPITAL BEING BUILT IN 1885 HOWEVER OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT UPGRADES TO THE HOSPITAL WERE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE MEDICAL PROGRAM IN 1910 THE ORIGINAL BENEFACTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY, AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY, FUNDED A NEW HOSPITAL MORE THAN DOUBLING ITS CAPACITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE MEDICAL PROGRAM BY 1918, THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL WERE PERMANENTLY CLOSED AND THE BUILDING, NOW CALLED TYLER HALL, WAS TRANSITIONED FOR OTHER EDUCATIONAL USES BY THE UNIVERSITY TYLER HALL CONTRIBUTES TO THE EAST RALEIGH SOUTH PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS REPAIR OF THE HISTORIC WOOD WINDOWS AND UPGRADING THE HVAC SYSTEMS