Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College


Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College is a historic school building located on the campus of Davidson College at Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built by the Philanthropic Society, a literary and debating society.
It is a two-story, temple-form brick structure three bays wide and three bays long in the Greek Revival style. The front facade features a prostyle tetrastyle Doric order pedimented portico supported by four massive stuccoed brick columns. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. The building faces [Eumenean Hall, Davidson, North Carolina|Davidson College|Eumenean Hall] across the original quadrangle of Davidson College.
It was converted to office use in 1956. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.