Winnie Davis Hall

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Winnie Davis Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Winnie Davis Hall (South Carolina)
Winnie Davis Hall
Location: Gaffney, South Carolina
Coordinates: 35°3′23″N 81°39′0″W / 35.05639, -81.65Coordinates: 35°3′23″N 81°39′0″W / 35.05639, -81.65
Built/Founded: 1904
Architect: William Augustus Edwards[1]
Architectural style(s): Late Gothic Revival
Added to NRHP: April 29, 1977
NRHP Reference#: 77001219

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Governing body: Private

Winnie Davis Hall, built in 1904, is an historic redbrick college building on the campus of Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina in the United States. It was designed by Darlington native William Augustus Edwards, who designed academic buildings at 12 institutions of higher learning as well as 13 courthouses and numerous other buildings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.[3] It was named for the daughter of Jefferson Davis and was built to serve as a repository for American Civil War papers as as a center for the study of Southern history.[4] On April 29, 1977, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is part of the Limestone Springs Historic District and is also known as the Winnie Davis Hall of History.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Flynn, Sean P., College wants to restore Davis Hall, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, February 9, 2007, accessed April 12, 2008
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards
  4. ^ South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Winnie Davis Hall

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