2 item sets

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  1950s Student Life

  1950s Student Life
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  Encyclopedia Set

7 items

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  Beaver Dam

  Built in 1829, Beaver Dam is a younger cousin to the Piedmont’s more famous plantations, Rural Hill (1788) and Latta Place (1800)
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  Henderson House

  One of the boarding houses used by students
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  North Carolina Medical College

  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.
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  Oak and Elm Rows

  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.
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  Old Chambers

  The Old Chambers Building before the fire
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  Sparrow’s Nest

  This little house, which stands next to the college laundry, was built before the Civil War to house servants for the “Sparrow’s Nest.”
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  The Carolina Inn

  First constructed as a store in 1848. Purchased in 1855 by Hanson Pinkney Helper and remodeled into a thirteen-room hotel. Purchased around 1901 by the Sloan family and operated as a boarding house and weekend rooming house for visiting college girls. Purchased by the college in 1946. Used in the 1950s and 1960s as a Teen Canteen. Renovated in 1971. Designated as a Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Site in 1977.