The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Quad, The

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The Quad (general view), University of the Cumberlands

The Quad (O. Wayne Rollins Center), University of the Cumberlands

Institution Name: University of the Cumberlands
Original/Historic Place Name: The Quad
Location on Campus: Boulevard
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s):

1960	original construction Unknown
1998	construction information unknown Unknown
2000	construction information unknown Unknown

Type of Place: Building group

Style(s) of majority of buildings: Beaux-Arts classicism, Modern/post-WWII, Regionalist/Vernacular

Style(s) of minority of buildings: Regionalist/Vernacular

Building group type: Quadrangle

Relationship to landscape:

none specified

Ideas associated with building group:

The main quad serves as the heart of cultural, academic, and athletic activites on campus.

Function:

1960-present (2007)

other (campus center)

Significance: culture, education, history, religion
Landmark designation:

none

Narrative: see below
References: see below

Narrative:
The Quad area, which includes the Library, the O. Wayne Rollins Center, and the Grace Crum Rollins Fine Arts Center, is a newer area of the University of the Cumberlands campus. It serves as the heart of our cultural, academic, and athletic activities.

References:

I. Bibliographic sources:

None specified.

II. Location of other data:

University: Library, Special Collections