E.B. Hamrick Hall
Located at the geographic center of Gardner-Webb University, is the oldest building on campus, according to the National Register of Historic Places.
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While the building has served many purposes over its almost 100 year existence, it currently houses the Graduate and Undergraduate programs of the Godbold College of Business. In it are all of the classrooms as well as the offices for the faculty. Additionally, Hamrick Hall is home to Blanton Auditorium, a 300-seat venue designed for various types of events including recitals, and academic lectures. Also found in the building is the Tucker Library, a library that houses literature specific to the business school and also provides place for students to study.
The school had only 272 students when the hall was completed in 1925. Originally called the Memorial Building, the hall was intended as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors from the Kings Mountain and Sandy Run Baptist associations who served in World War I, especially three former students of the school who were killed during the war (1914-1918). The three who had been students at Boiling Springs High School, now GWU, were Ira Alberto Crabtree, William Norwood Huggins and Copher Meade Ewing.