The_Columns_(Murfreesboro,_North_Carolina)

The Columns (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)

The Columns (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)

Historic school building in North Carolina, United States

The Columns, also known as the McDowell Columns Building, is a historic school building located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1852, and is a three-story, Greek Revival style stuccoed brick building with a low hip roof and octagonal belvedere. The front facade features a massive portico supported by eight Doric order columns. It was built to house the Chowan Baptist Female Institute, later Chowan University. The building houses the school's administrative offices.[2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

  • Chowan College, HABS photo, July 1940

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    John B. Wells, III & Greer Suttlemyer (October 1970). "The Columns" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.


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