Lander College Old Main Building

United States historic place


Lander College Old Main Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lander College Old Main Building, March 2012
34°11′54″N 82°9′52″W / 34.19833°N 82.16444°W / 34.19833; -82.16444
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1903 (1903)-1904, 1911
Architect	Hunt, Reuben Harrison; Cothran, Thomas W.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Romanesque, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.	84002046^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 2, 1984

Lander College Old Main Building is a historic academic building located on the campus of Lander University at Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It is a large masonry building, composed of three distinct sections with a blending of elements of the Romanesque Revival and Georgian Revival styles. Two of the sections, Greenwood Hall and Laura Lander Hall, were built in 1903-04; Willson Hall was added in 1911. It is the earliest Lander College building. The tower serves as a focal point for the building and defines its character as a school building.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Ann B. Herd; Debra J. Allen; John C. Blythe, Jr. (April 1984). "Lander College Old Main Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ "Lander College Old Main Building, Greenwood County (Stanley Ave. & Lander St., Greenwood)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 27 September 2016.