Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College

Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Philanthropic Hall, 2005
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Location	Davidson College campus, Davidson, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°29′57″N80°50′47″W / 35.49917°N 80.84639°W / 35.49917; -80.84639
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	1849 (1849)-1850
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	72000975 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1972

Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College is a historic school building located on the campus of Davidson College at Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built by the Philanthropic Society, a literary and debating society. ^[2]

It is a two-story, temple-form brick structure three bays wide and three bays long in the Greek Revival style. The front facade features a prostyle tetrastyle Doric order pedimented portico supported by four massive stuccoed brick columns. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. ^[3] The building faces Eumenean Hall across the original quadrangle of Davidson College.

It was converted to office use in 1956. ^[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Eumenean Hall, Davidson College Campus". Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved October 6, 2024– via From the Nomination Form for the National Register of Historic Places, December 8, 1971.
3. John B. Wells, III (November 1971). "Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-12-B-8, " Davidson College, Philanthropic Hall, Davidson, Mecklenburg County, NC ", 3 photos, 3 measured drawings, 2 data pages