Eumenean Hall, Davidson College Explained

Eumenean Hall, Davidson College
Location:Davidson College campus, Davidson, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.5°N -80.8475°W
Architect:Dinkins, Lewis; Alexander, Daniel
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:April 13, 1972
Refnum:72000974

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.[1]

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Literary Societies . 2024-10-06 . Davidson Encyclopedia . en-US . Davidson College Archives, Special Collections & Community.
  2. Web site: John B. Wells, III . Eumenean Hall, Davidson College. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 1971. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.