E. B. Hamrick Hall is a historic academic building located on the campus of Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, North Carolina. 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.[2]
In 1925, the building was named Memorial Hall [3] 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.[1]
On May 28, 2021, Hamrick Hall was rededicated[3] in memory of students and alumni who had lost their lives during military service (dating back to World War I).
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Jim Sumner and Michael Southern (January 1981). "E. B. Hamrick Hall" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ a b "Memorial Event Includes Hamrick Rededication". Gardner-Webb University. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
