E. B. Hamrick Hall
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E. B. Hamrick Hall is a historic academic building located on the campus of Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs,
Cleveland County, North Carolina Cleveland County is a county located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the western Piedmont, on the southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,519. Its county seat is Shelb ...
. It currently houses the Godbold School of Business which encompasses both the undergraduate and graduate business programs of Gardner-Webb University. It was built between 1920 and 1925, and is a three-story, nine bay, "T"-shaped, Colonial Revival-style brick building. It features a five-bay projecting entrance pavilion. It is the oldest building on the campus of Gardner-Webb University. In 1925, the building was named Memorial Hall and dedicated to honor individuals from Cleveland and Rutherford Counties who died while serving in World War I, 1914-1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. On May 28, 2021, Hamrick Hall was rededicated in memory of students and alumni who had lost their lives during military service (dating back to World War I).


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University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina School buildings completed in 1925 Buildings and structures in Cleveland County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland County, North Carolina 1925 establishments in North Carolina {{ClevelandCountyNC-NRHP-stub