United States historic place
Winnie Davis Hall , built in 1904, is an historic redbrick college building on the campus of Limestone College in Gaffney , South Carolina .[ 3] [ 4] 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 .[ 5] It was named for Varina "Winnie" Anne Davis , the daughter of Jefferson Davis and was built to serve as a repository for American Civil War papers as a center for the study of Southern history.[ 6] On April 29, 1977, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places .[ 1] It is part of the Limestone Springs Historic District and is also known as the Winnie Davis Hall of History .
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References
^ a b "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . July 9, 2010.
^ Flynn, Sean P., College wants to restore Davis Hall , Spartanburg Herald-Journal , February 9, 2007, accessed April 12, 2008
^ McNulty, Kappy; Georgianna Graham (September 28, 1976). "Winnie Davis Hall" (pdf) . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . Retrieved 23 June 2012 .
^ "Winnie Davis Hall, Cherokee County (1115 College Dr., Gaffney)" . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 23 June 2012 .
^ University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards
^ South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Winnie Davis Hall
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