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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:
Architecture
Subjects:
Universities and colleges
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
5 x 7 inches
Item identifier:
SHPO-N-95-5-944
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Red Springs (N.C.)
Digital Project:
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:
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:
Red Springs (N.C.)
Subjects:
College campuses
Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:
34.73661, -79.144739