{"id":1741,"date":"2011-03-21T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2017-09-07T20:42:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:42:38","slug":"philanthropic-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/encyclopedia\/philanthropic-hall","title":{"rendered":"Philanthropic Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"55%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Phi Hall Modern\" src=\"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/03\/phiex1.jpg\" alt=\"Philanthropic Hall front view\" width=\"255\" height=\"198\" border=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Philanthropic Hall interior\" src=\"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/03\/phiinterior-1.jpg\" alt=\"Interior view of Philanthropic Hall\" width=\"249\" height=\"198\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Dates: <\/b>Built in 1850. Restored in 1956. Placed on National<br \/>\nHistoric Register in 1972. Named Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Site in 1976.<\/p>\n<p><b>Quote:<\/b> Philanthropic Hall is one of the primary landmarks of the<br \/>\nDavidson College campus. Built by a society that played a dominant role in the<br \/>\ncollege from its founding, the structure has been used continuously for its<br \/>\noriginal purpose. The wisdom of the early building committee in stipulating<br \/>\nthat there be a degree of freedom in the details of the two halls but that<br \/>\nthey be &#8220;alike in size and magnificence&#8221; is displayed in the<br \/>\npleasing relationship of the two facing buildings that complete the original<br \/>\nquadrangle. Like its companion structure, Philanthropic Hall exhibits the<br \/>\nsubtle play of simple, massive, classically-derived forms that characterized<br \/>\nthe best of the Greek Revival style. <i>National Register of Historic Places<br \/>\nInventory &#8211; Nomination Form. 29 November 1971. Philanthropic Hall Davidsoniana<br \/>\nfile. Davidson College Archives.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Named for:<\/b> Philanthropic Literary Society. The Society was formed in<br \/>\n1837.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/encyclopedia\/literary-societies\">Davidson Encyclopedia entry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/archives\/encyclopedia\/davidson-college-campus-buildings\/\">Return<br \/>\nto Campus Building List<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates: Built in 1850. Restored in 1956. Placed on National Historic Register in 1972. Named Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Site in 1976. Quote: Philanthropic Hall is one of the primary landmarks of the Davidson College campus. Built by a society that played a dominant role in the college from its founding, the structure has been used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23675,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions\/23675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}