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Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District, Laurens County (Clinton)
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President's House
512 Broad St.
Presbyterian
College
Smyth Hall
Presbyterian
College
Laurens Hall
Presbyterian
College
Bell Tower
Presbyterian
College
Neville Hall
Presbyterian
College
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Leroy Springs
Gymnasium
Presbyterian
College
Alumni Hall
(Doyle Infirmary)
Presbyterian
College
Jacobs Hall
Presbyterian
College
Faculty House
104 Calhoun St.
Presbyterian
College
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Faculty House
106 Calhoun St.
Presbyterian
College
Faculty House
108 Calhoun St.
Presbyterian
College
President's House
Thornwell School
Nellie Scott Library
Thornwell School
Home of Peace
Thornwell School
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Memorial Hall
Thornwell School
Technical School
Thornwell School
Eldridge Fowler
Cottage
Thornwell School
Children's Gift
Academy
Thornwell School
Silliman Cottage
Thornwell School
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Anita Cottage
Thornwell School
Virginia Home
Thornwell School
Quattlebaum
Rose Garden
Thornwell School
Georgia Beaty
Cottage
Thornwell School
Mayes Baby Cottage
Thornwell School

The Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District comprises the historic cores of Presbyterian College and the Thornwell Home and School for Children, together with the adjacent residential streets. There are a total of fifty-two buildings and structures within the district. Although the oldest building in the district dates from ca. 1850, the majority of the buildings were constructed in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, with the emergence of the college and the orphanage. Presbyterian College is unified around the central mall, according to the campus plan drawn in 1912 by the New York City landscape engineer Charles W. Leavitt, Jr. This plan has governed the development of the college; the newer, non-historic buildings on campus are thus rendered more compatible with the old. Noted Columbia architect Charles Coker Wilson designed Neville Hall, a campus building. Most of the Presbyterian College buildings are of the Georgian Revival style and are built of brick. Other styles represented in the district include Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival, Neo-Classical, Queen Anne, and Bungalow. The Thornwell campus is unified by consistency of materials and by scale; stone construction is used throughout the informal campus. The college and the children’s home are historically connected through Dr. William Jacobs, who was responsible for the founding of both institutions. Listed in the National Register March 5, 1982.

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