Davidson Hall, Coker University
Appearance
Davidson Hall, Coker University | |
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Location | College Ave., Hartsville, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°22′39″N 80°04′05″W / 34.3776°N 80.0680°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1909 | -1910
Architect | Wilson, Sompayrac, & Urquhart |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 83003835[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 10, 1983 |
Davidson Hall, Coker University, also known as the Administration Building, is a historic educational building located on the campus of Coker University at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1909–1910, and is a two-story, 15-bay, rectangular brick building with Neo-Classical details. It has a hip roof and a projecting semicircular auditorium on the rear elevation. The front façade features a projecting, two-story, pedimented portico, supported by six stuccoed Ionic order columns. It was built with funds donated by the college's founder, Major James Lide Coker, and was the first building constructed for Coker University.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Suzanne Pickens Wylie; Martha Walker Fullington; Robert R. Simpson (August 1983). "Davidson Hall, Coker College" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Davidson Hall, Coker University, Darlington County (College Ave., Hartsville)". South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
Categories:
- University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina
- Buildings and structures completed in 1910
- Buildings and structures in Hartsville, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Darlington County, South Carolina
- 1910 establishments in South Carolina
- Pee Dee South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs