Georgetown College Historic Buildings

Georgetown College Historic Buildings

Giddings Hall
Location Georgetown, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°12′25″N 84°33′17″W / 38.20694°N 84.55472°W / 38.20694; -84.55472Coordinates: 38°12′25″N 84°33′17″W / 38.20694°N 84.55472°W / 38.20694; -84.55472
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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "A History of Georgetown College". Georgetown College. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  3. 1 2 "Giddings Hall". Historic Campus Architecture Project. Council of Independent Colleges. November 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  4. ↑ "Lambda Chi Alpha". Literary Societies at Georgetown College. Georgetown College. Retrieved 2008-08-09.


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