Georgetown College Historic Buildings
Georgetown College Historic Buildings
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Giddings Hall
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Location | Georgetown, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Built | 1844 |
Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP Reference # | 79001030 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 8, 1979 |
Georgetown College Historic Buildings are a group of historically significant building located on the campus of Georgetown College in Scott County, Kentucky. The structures were added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
Antebellum buildings
Georgetown College campus has three antebellum buildings: Giddings Hall, Pawling Hall, and Highbaugh Hall.
Giddings Hall
Recitation Hall, now known as Giddings Hall, is a Greek revival building located on at center of the campus. Giddings Hall was the first permanent structure constructed after the college was formed.[2][3]
Currently, the building is used as the main administrative building for the campus. In the past, rooms in the building have been used as a chapel, a library, classrooms, and a theater.[3]
Highbaugh Hall
The Academy Building, now known as Highbaugh Hall, was second permanent building constructed on campus.
The literary societies used Highbaugh Hall to host their debates and for their resource library. The building entrances on the east and west have concrete plaques with the names and founding dates of the literary societies.[4]
References
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- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Kentucky
- Buildings and structures in Georgetown, Kentucky
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- University and college buildings in Kentucky
- Georgetown College (Kentucky)
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs