The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Sage Memorial Library

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Sage Memorial Library, Barber-Scotia College

Institution Name: Barber-Scotia College
Original/Historic Place Name: Dining Hall - Student Union
Location on Campus: center of campus, off athletic field
Date(s) of Construction:

1956	original construction

Designer: unknown
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Modern/post-WWII, Other (Glossary)
Significance: education, history
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: block

Walls: wood frame with plaster

Roof: wood frame

Function:

ca. 1956	dining hall
ca. 2004-present (2006)	library

Narrative:
Barber-Scotia College was established in 1876 by The Reverand Luke Dorland, a missionary who came to Cabarrus County to establish a college to educate young black women in the South. Scotia Seminary merged in 1930 with Barber Memorial Institute. Barber-Scotia College has been co-ed since 1954.

References:

Barber-Scotia College. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1985.

Cozart, Leland Stanford. A Venture of Faith: Barber-Scotia College, 1867-1967. Charlotte, NC: Heritage Printers, 1976.

Facilities Master Plan. 1992. Barber-Scotia College, West Concord, NC.

Facilities Master Plan. 2003. Barber-Scotia College, West Concord, NC.

"Scotia Seminary: A Noble Institution Takes Roots in Troubled Times, 1866-1912." In the Beginning: Special Commemorative Edition of the Index. [s.l.: s.n., n.d.].