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| Institution Name: Warren Wilson College
Original/Historic Place Name: Carson Hall
Location on Campus: 110 Lower College Rd.
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s): Type of Place: Individual building
Style(s): (Glossary)
Materials:
| Foundation: concrete | | Walls: brick | | Roof: composition fiberglass; mechanical system rubber roof | | | Function:
| ca. 1926 | other (post office) | | 1926-present (2007) | classrooms | | 1926-present (2007) | administration | | ca. 2004-present (2007) | other (Career Resource Center) | | ca. 2004-present (2007) | faculty offices |
Significance: education, history
Landmark designation: Narrative: see below
References: see below |
Narrative:
Carson Hall was built in 1926 and named for Mrs. Anne C. Carson of Cincinnati, Ohio, who left money for its construction in memory of her sister, Mrs. Margaret Kyle, through the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church USA (UPCUSA). It originally housed the president's office, all other administrative offices, and classrooms. Renovation in 1978 was accomplished through gifts from the George Perkins Foundation and the Kresge Foundation.
Architect A. G. Lamont from the Board of National Missions of UPCUSA designed several of the first buildings on the campus.
| References: | | I. Bibliographic sources: | Holden, Reuben A. Warren Wilson College: A Centennial Portrait. [Swannanoa, NC: Warren Wilson College,] 1994.
Jensen, Henry W. A History of Warren Wilson College: On the Occasion the College's Eightieth Anniversary. [s.l.: s.n.,] 1974.
Martin, Elizabeth G., comp. The Buildings of Warren Wilson College. [s.l.: s.n.,] 1972.
| | II. Location of other data: | | University: Library, Special Collections | |
