Claflin College, Lee Library, College Avenue, Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, SC. Surveyed as HABS SC,38-ORAN,1A-, with a 328-word written history.
“The Lee Library has an unusual picturesque plan and classical details in its brickwork.”
Written record, HABS SC,38-ORAN,1A- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS SC,38-ORAN,1A- · the record runs 328 words · one of 20 surveyed structures published for this county.
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On a portion of the Claflin College campus in the Claflin College Historic District, Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina Date of Construction: Architect: Wilson Wilson Cooke (superintendent of vocational training at Claflin, who later became the first Black person to serve as a senior architectural designer in the U. S. Supervising Architect's office).
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The Lee Library has an unusual picturesque plan and classical details in its brickwork. It is a fine example of the inventive adaptations of classical precedents from the late Victorian period. It was built by Mechanical Arts students at Claflin College, a Black institution founded by northern Methodists during Reconstruction. Made of brick and T-shaped in plan, Lee Library has a projecting polygonal bay on the left and features a decorative exterior chimney. An arcaded porch shelters the facade entrance which is to the right of the polygonal bay. The entrance has a flat arch with egg and dart molding and a banderol. Windows on the facade have decorative brick surrounds with flat arches and banderol above. Beneath the windows is a row of rat-tooth course.
Sawn modillions are set beneath the eaves Lee Library was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, as part of Claflin College Historic District. Compiler: E. Thomas Sims South Carolina Department of Archives and History May 2> ADDENDUM TO HABS No. SC- 607 CLAFLIN COLLEGE,
Lee Library
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| Orangeburg, South Carolina | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Orangeburg County, South Carolina | 81 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal survey recorded these other structures elsewhere in Orangeburg County. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rocks | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,4- | 873 words | |
| Springfield | HABS SC,8-EUTA.V,1- | 672 words | |
| Eutaw | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,6- | 669 words | |
| Pond Bluff | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,5- | 597 words | |
| Loch Dhu | HABS SC,8-EUTA.V,2- | 433 words | |
| Lawson's Pond | HABS SC,8-EUTA.V,3- | 411 words | |
| Belvidere | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,1- | 285 words | |
| Church of the Epiphany | HABS SC,38-EUTV,1- | 187 words | |
| Pond Bluff | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,5A- | 132 words | |
| Stephan Williams House | HABS SC,8-HOHI.V,1- | 48 words | |
| Loch Dhu | HABS SC,8-EUTA.V,2A- | 36 words | |
| Numertia Plantation House | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,3- | 35 words | |
| Springfield | HABS SC,8-EUTA.V,1A- | 34 words | |
| Loch Dhu | HABS SC,8-EUTA.V,2C- | 33 words | |
| Walworth Plantation House | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,2- | 32 words | |
| Loch Dhu | HABS SC,8-EUTA.V,2B- | 32 words | |
| Target United Methodist Church | HABS SC,38-HOHI.V,1- | 31 words | |
| The Rocks | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,4A- | 28 words | |
| The Rocks | HABS SC,38-EUTA.V,4B- | 27 words |
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