Winnie Davis Hall


Winnie Davis Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	Gaffney, South Carolina
Coordinates	35°3′23″N 81°39′0″W / 35.05639°N 81.65000°W / 35.05639; -81.65000Coordinates: 35°3′23″N 81°39′0″W / 35.05639°N 81.65000°W / 35.05639; -81.65000
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1904
Architect	William Augustus Edwards^[1]
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
Part of	Limestone Springs Historic District (#86000597)
NRHP Reference #	77001219^[2]
Added to NRHP	April 29, 1977

Winnie Davis Hall, built in 1904, is an historic redbrick college building on the campus of Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina.^[3]^[4] 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.^[5] It was named for Varina "Winnie" Anne Davis, the daughter of Jefferson Davis and was built to serve as a repository for American Civil War papers as a center for the study of Southern history.^[6] On April 29, 1977, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[2] It is part of the Limestone Springs Historic District and is also known as the Winnie Davis Hall of History.

References

↑ Flynn, Sean P., College wants to restore Davis Hall, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, February 9, 2007, accessed April 12, 2008
1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ McNulty, Kappy; Georgianna Graham (September 28, 1976). "Winnie Davis Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
↑ "Winnie Davis Hall, Cherokee County (1115 College Dr., Gaffney)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
↑ University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards
↑ South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Winnie Davis Hall

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