Carnegie Hall Dormitory

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Carnegie Hall

Street Address:

Woman's College Circle, Off East Main Street (SC 184), Due West, South Carolina (Abbeville County)

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Date Surveyed:

circa 1980

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1906

Historic Use:

Education

Current Use:

Education

Number of Stories:

3

Exterior Walls Materials:

Concrete Block

Roof Shape:

Hip

Roof Materials:

Asphalt shingle

Porch Shape:

1 story

Signficant Architectural Features:

3-story building constructed of molded concrete in several different shapes and textures - hipped roof, pediment with dentil course on facade; 1-story hipped roof porch across central projecting pavilion supported by Ionic columns set on low piers; simple balustrade; dentil course in cornice; double door entrance is centered, has rectangular headlight and sidelights; all windows are 2/2 topped by flat concrete lintel with radiating corner blocks and keystones; decorative details feature concrete water table; belt course separating 1st and 2nd stories; dentil course around cornice; concrete mold varies on each story; 1st story is rusticated; 2nd story scored block; 3rd story smooth; quoining effect on sides.

Alterations:

Side elevation porches removed; 1st story windows bricked up in rear ell.

Survey:

Due West - City 1980-1981

Archives Location:

Box 10, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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