View, Main Building, Flora Macdonald College, Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina
Flora Macdonald College (Red Springs, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Main Building, Flora Macdonald College, Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Universities and colleges
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 inches
- Item identifier:
- SHPO-N-95-5-944
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Red Springs (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
- Collection:
- State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) held by North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. For general information see their website (http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Macdonald, Flora College -- Red Springs Seminary -- Flora Macdonald Academy (Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Hook, Charles C. (Charles Christian), 1870-1938 more info on Hook, Charles C. (Charles Christian), 1870-1938
- Built:
- Street:
- 4744 Buie Philadelphus Rd
- Community:
- Red Springs
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28372
- Provenance note:
- Fayetteville Presbytery founded the school as the Red Springs Seminary, and the school was renamed in 1915 for Flora Macdonald, a heroine of the 1770s from southeastern North Carolina.
- Architectural note:
- The Neo-Classical Revival style campus was built in stages and includes a turn of the century central rotunda with encircling balustrades and woodwork. The architects provided a more elaborate composition for the college's main building than was actually built.
- Historical note:
- The college closed in 1961, and is now the Flora Macdonald Academy. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Red Springs (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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College campuses
Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 34.73661, -79.144739
