Memorial Hall Facade	Memorial Hall Left Oblique	Memorial Hall Right Oblique	Memorial Hall Main Entrance	Memorial Hall Left Rear Portico
Memorial Hall Right Rear Portico	General Services Building Left Rear Oblique	General Services Building Rear Pediment	General Services Building Dining Hall	General Services Building Dining Hall Window Detail
General Services Building Right Rear Oblique

The Memorial Hall/General Service Building at Coker College is architecturally significant as a component of an early twentieth century planned college in South Carolina. Constructed in 1913 and 1916, it is an important, classically influenced design by a prominent South Carolina architectural firm, Wilson and Sompayrac. In addition to its architectural importance the building is also significant for its relationship to Major James Lide Coker, a prominent Hartsville businessman and major benefactor of the college, founded in 1908. The three-story building of masonry construction was constructed in two phases. Memorial Hall, which comprises approximately the north one-third of the building, was constructed in 1913. The Memorial Hall section serves as the primary entrance to the entire buildings. The five bay entrance façade, marked by a three-bay projecting full-height portico, faces Home Avenue. The pedimented portico, ornamented with block modillions, is supported by four colossal Corinthian columns and two pilasters. In 1916 the porches of Memorial Hall were enclosed as the building was extended to the south. The extension, called the General Service Building, consists of three distinct parts: a central projecting block and two dormitory wings which extent north and south. Listed in the National Register February 9, 1989.

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