Clemson Sites

An oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Meeting of the Original Directors of Clemson College" painted in 1941 by John Carroll and originally hung in the Clemson Post Office (now Mell Hall) downtown. It now hangs in Hardin Hall on the Campus of Clemson University.”  (flickr) This mural shows the grim group of men who started Clemson Agricultural College — originally an all-white male military school — now called Clemson University.

Long Hall, on the campus of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building originally housed the university's Agriculture department, though it now houses the Biology department. The PWA supplied a $220,000 loan and a $180,000 for the building's construction, which was completed at a final cost of $400,888. Construction on the building began in March 1936 and was completed April 1937. (PWA Docket No. SC 1016)  

Mell Hall was constructed as the Clemson post office in 1940; as such its construction was funded by the federal Treasury Department. After postal operations relocated the building became part of the Clemson University campus, and it now serves as Clemson, University's housing office. The building is located just off the southern side of Old Greenville Highway between Riggs Field and Bowman Field.

"The Outdoor Theater was built as a gift of the Class of 1915, and designed by one of its members and the university's first architecture graduate, Leon LeGrand. It was built in cooperation with the Work Projects Administration. The Art Deco stage was nearly demolished and replaced in 1977, but protests prompted its renovation and the addition of concrete terraced seating. It is a contributing property to the Clemson University Historic District II (NRHP)."