Davidson Hall, Coker University Explained

Davidson Hall, Coker University
Location:College Ave., Hartsville, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.3776°N -80.068°W
Built:-1910
Architect:Wilson, Sompayrac, & Urquhart
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:November 10, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83003835

Davidson Hall, Coker University, also known as the Administration Building, is a historic educational building located on the campus of Coker University at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1909–1910, and is a two-story, 15-bay, rectangular brick building with Neo-Classical details. It has a hip roof and a projecting semicircular auditorium on the rear elevation. The front façade features a projecting, two-story, pedimented portico, supported by six stuccoed Ionic order columns. It was built with funds donated by the college's founder, Major James Lide Coker, and was the first building constructed for Coker University.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suzanne Pickens Wylie . Martha Walker Fullington . Robert R. Simpson . Davidson Hall, Coker College. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1983. pdf . 17 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Davidson Hall, Coker University, Darlington County (College Ave., Hartsville). South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 17 March 2014.