Winnie Davis Hall

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location= Gaffney, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 35
lat_minutes = 3
lat_seconds = 23
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 81
long_minutes = 39
long_seconds = 0
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1904
architect= William Augustus Edwards [ [http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070209/NEWS/702090321&SearchID=73281251965122 Flynn, Sean P., "College wants to restore Davis Hall", Spartanburg Herald-Journal, February 9, 2007, accessed April 12, 2008] ]
architecture= Late Gothic Revival
added = April 29, 1977
governing_body = Private
refnum=77001219cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Winnie Davis Hall, built in 1904, is an historic redbrick college building on the campus of Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina in the United States. 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. [ [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards] ] It was named for the daughter of Jefferson Davis and was built to serve as a repository for American Civil War papers as as a center for the study of Southern history. [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/cherokee/S10817711003/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Winnie Davis Hall] ] On April 29, 1977, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is part of the Limestone Springs Historic District and is also known as the Winnie Davis Hall of History.

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/SC/Cherokee/state.html National Register listings for Cherokee County]
* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/cherokee/S10817711003/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Winnie Davis Hall]
* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards]
* [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000769.pdf Multiple Resource Area for 4 of the 9 courthouses designed by William Augustus Edwards - 12 pages]