Built in 1849. Served as a home for the college presidents until 1887, after which it was used as a faculty home or student housing. The building was demolished in 1934.
Included in the history of the sciences at Davidson College is the founding of the North Carolina Medical College. Incorporated in 1893, the North Carolina Medical College was the first chartered medical college in North Carolina and had its roots in Davidson’s pre-medical program. The “president” of the college was Dr. John Peter Munroe, a Davidson College physician and professor. In 1896, Dr. Munroe bought a lot from Davidson College and built on it a three-story brick building for his college.
Oak and Elm rows were two of the original eight buildings erected on the Davidson College campus. The building of the campus began in 1836 with only 250,000 bricks and in 1837 the first students became the inhabitants of the rows.
Part of Davidson's original campus, dedicated in 1836 and built in 1837. Used for religious services conducted by both the college and the town until the town received their own building in the 1880s. Converted into Shearer Hall in 1901.
Davidson College's church building that came to replace the Old Chapel. Constructed in 1885, then torn down in 1950 to make way for the current DCPC in the same location.
In the second page of his letter, Pinckney Brown Chamber '40 describes an incident in which Davidson students faced disciplinary action for dining with "Lemley's Negroes".
