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Whitescarver Hall is a historic
dormitory A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university s ...
building located on the campus of
Alderson Broaddus University Alderson Broaddus University (AB) is a private Baptist university in Philippi, West Virginia. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It was formed in 1932 as Alderson–Broaddus College by the union of two Baptist institutions: ...
at
Philippi Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ...
,
Barbour County, West Virginia Barbour County is a county in North-Central West Virginia West Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 15,465. The county seat is Philippi, which was chartered in 1844. Both county and city were named for Philip P. Ba ...
, United States. It was built in 1911–1912, and is a three-story white brick building in the Neoclassical style. It measures 40 feet by 90 feet. It features a hipped roof covered in red tile and four classical pilaster topped with
Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...
capitals. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1990.


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National Register of Historic Places listings at colleges and universities in the United States This is an incomplete list of historic properties and historic district, districts at United States colleges and universities that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This include ...


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* * Residential buildings completed in 1912 Buildings and structures in Barbour County, West Virginia Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Barbour County, West Virginia Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Alderson Broaddus University Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia 1912 establishments in West Virginia {{BarbourCountyWV-NRHP-stub