North Carolina State University: Clark Hall - Raleigh NC

City:: Raleigh, NC
Site Type:: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Started:: 1938
Completed:: 1939
Designer:: Ross Shumaker (architect); Jess M. Page (draftsman)
Quality of Information:: Very Good
Marked:: Yes
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of Clark Hall at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh NC.

Construction of Tenth Dormitory at North Carolina State College, Raleigh, NC: brick load-bearing exterior walls, steel columns with bar joists and concrete slab floor construction, and steel roof trusses with Porete slab and slate shingle roof. The interior finish was plaster with wood trim and Bruce block flooring. After a few years, the building became the college infirmary, and later a dining hall and office space.

Source notes

North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina, Major College Projects of the Public Works Administration [photo album], in University Archives Photograph Collection - Campus Facilities and Views Photographs: Box 70, Folder 34; North Carolina State University, University Archives Reference Collection, University Buildings, Sites, Landmarks Files: Box 1; “Clark Hall under construction, North Carolina State College, March 30, 1939”

Image source: (https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0002354#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-2804%2C0%2C16762%2C9018). All sources held by NC State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.

Site originally submitted by Todd Kosmerick on June 1, 2019.