Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College is a historic

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building located on the campus of

Davidson College Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan� ...

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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Mecklenburg County is a county located in the southwestern region of the state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina (after Wak ...

. It was built in 1849–1850, and is a two-story, temple-form brick structure three bays wide and three bays long in the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style. The front facade features a prostyle tetrastyle

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

pedimented

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supported by four massive

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ed brick columns. The building faces Eumenean Hall across the original quadrangle of Davidson College. It was converted to office use in 1956. It was added to the

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in 1972.

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* Davidson College Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina School buildings completed in 1850 Schools in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina {{MecklenburgCountyNC-NRHP-stub