1976. It was designed by Richard Lewis Brown, Jacksonville's first known black architect.
The Centennial Hall building contains the Edward Waters University Library, which was relocated from the H. Y. Tookes Building in 1979. The library also contains art and artifacts from central and West Africa.
== Presidents ==
Jimmy Jenkins, served as president from 1997 to 2005 and was credited with increasing enrollment and raising standards at the school.
Oswald P. Bronson, former president of Bethune-Cookman University, served as interim president while a presidential search committee took two years to select a new leader.
Claudette Williams became the first female president of Edward Waters in 2007. She resigned in February 2010 to assume a position as a vice president with the accreditation organization, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Nat Glover became EWU's 29th president on February 12, 2011. He retired in May 2018.
A. Zachary Faison, Jr. is the 30th President of Edward Waters University and took …
