Edwards Hall/Men's Industrial Building
Exhibit Home
- Historical Overview
- Architectural Overview
- Rural Madison County ...
- Berea
- Berea College
- Boone Tavern/Hotel
- Frost House
- Sunshine Ballard Cottage
- Kentucky and Talcott Residence Halls
- Ladies Hall/Fairchild Hall
- Elizabeth Rogers Residence Hall
- Phelps Stokes Chapel
- Jessie Preston Draper Memorial Building
- Carnegie Library/Frost Building
- Lincoln Hall
- Rustic Cottage
- Edwards Hall/Men's Industrial Building
- Log House Sales Room
- Danforth Chapel
- Berea/Lincoln Hotel
- Berea L&N Passenger Railroad Depot
- Todd Building
- Commercial Building
- Old Masonic Lodge Building
- Berea Bank and Trust Building
- Union Church of Christ
- Welch House
- Clover Bottom Cottage
- Commercial Building
- Masonic Temple
- House
- Berea L&N Freight Railroad Depot
- House
- Samuel Hanson House
- Fairchild/Gay House
- House
- Churchill Weavers
- Berea College
- Richmond ...
MAB-46
Chestnut and North Main Streets, Berea
1904
Edwards Hall was built in 1904 by students, as a practice project before they constructed Phelps Stokes Chapel. This three-story edifice was the college-operated high school for many years, the top floor serving as the boys’ dormitory.
The brick structure contains interesting variations of detailing, such as corbelled brick brackets and paired pilasters, which provided exacting experience for the student builders. The main entrance is recessed between two projecting blocks. Beneath the entrance’s keystoned arch a semicircle fanlight is combined with a transom. This large arched entrance is flanked by small, paired, arched windows. On the third floor circular windows repeat the curved motif of the entrance.