Eumenean Hall, Davidson College

United States historic place

Eumenean Hall, Davidson College

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Eumenean Hall, October 2011

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Location| Davidson College campus, Davidson, North Carolina
Coordinates| 35°30′0″N 80°50′51″W﻿ / ﻿35.50000°N 80.84750°W﻿ / 35.50000; -80.84750
Area| 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built| 1849 (1849)
Architect| Dinkins, Lewis; Alexander, Daniel
Architectural style| Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.| 72000974[1]
Added to NRHP| April 13, 1972

Eumenean Hall, Davidson College is a historic school building located on the campus of Davidson College at Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1849, to serve as the meeting place of the Eumenean Society, a literary and debating society.[2]

Eumenean Hall 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 tetrastyle Doric order pedimented portico supported by four massive stuccoed brick columns. The building faces Philanthropic Hall across the original quadrangle of Davidson College.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Literary Societies". Davidson Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-10-06 - via Davidson College Archives, Special Collections & Community.
3. ^ John B. Wells, III (December 1971). "Eumenean Hall, Davidson College" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

## External links

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* Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-12-B-7, "Davidson College, Eumanean Hall, Davidson, Mecklenburg County, NC", 3 photos, 3 measured drawings, 2 data pages

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