Davidson Hall, Coker College

Davidson Hall, Coker College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	College Ave., Hartsville, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°22′39″N 80°04′05″W / 34.3776°N 80.0680°WCoordinates: 34°22′39″N 80°04′05″W / 34.3776°N 80.0680°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909-1910
Architect	Wilson, Sompayrac, & Urquhart
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	83003835[1]
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1983

Davidson Hall, Coker College, also known as the Administration Building, is a historic educational building located on the campus of Coker College 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 College.^[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Suzanne Pickens Wylie, Martha Walker Fullington, and Robert R. Simpson (August 1983). "Davidson Hall, Coker College" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
3. "Davidson Hall, Coker College, Darlington County (College Ave., Hartsville)". South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.