Estey Hall is a historic building on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Henry Martin Tupper, a Union Army chaplain and Baptist missionary, founded the school in 1865 for the education of former slaves.

Students and faculty originally met in a hotel room due to the lack of funding for land and buildings.

By educating young people, the school assisted in the rise of the black middle class that arose in late 19th century Raleigh.

School administrators chose George S. H. Appleget, architect of large homes in Raleigh including the Heck-Andrews House, to design the new building.