Pattie Cobb Hall | |
Location | 900 E. Center, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°14′50″N91°43′40″W / 35.24722°N 91.72778°W Coordinates: 35°14′50″N91°43′40″W / 35.24722°N 91.72778°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1919 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | White County MPS |
NRHP reference # | 91001209 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 5, 1991 |
Pattie Cobb Hall, is an historic academic building on the campus of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. It is a large three-story Colonial Revival structure, built out of reinforced concrete faced in brick. Its flat roof is encircled by a low balustrade, and a four-column portico projects from the front. The hall was built in 1919, and is one of two buildings surviving from the time when this campus was home to Galloway Female College. That school closed in 1933, and its campus was purchased by Harding the following year. [2]
Harding University is a private, coeducational, and residential liberal arts university with its main campus in Searcy, Arkansas, and other campuses around the world. It is the largest private university in the state of Arkansas. Established in 1924, the university offers undergraduate, graduate, and pre-professional programs. The university also comprises Harding School of Theology, located in Memphis, Tennessee, which was formerly known as Harding Graduate School of Religion. Harding is one of several institutions of higher learning associated with the Churches of Christ.
Searcy is the largest city and county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2014 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 23,768. It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of White County. The city takes its name from Richard Searcy, a judge for the Superior Court of the Arkansas Territory. A college town, Searcy is the home of Harding University and ASU-Searcy.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Arkansas.
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