Clemson in Pickens County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Long Hall

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 6, 2021

1. Long Hall Marker

Inscription.
Long Hall was designed by Rudolph E. Lee, architecture program founder and long-time college architect and professor, to be a modern agricultural studies building. Ornamental elements featured in the design include sculptures of major agricultural products, such as cotton, corn and grains, reflecting South Carolina's agricultural heritage. The words Agriculture, Instruction and Research are carved over the main portals. The building is named for William W. Long, director of the Cooperative Extension Service from 1914 to 1934. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings in 1990.

Established
1936

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Erected by Clemson University.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1936.

Location. 34° 40.702′ N, 82° 50.047′ W. Marker is in Clemson, South Carolina, in Pickens County. Marker can be reached from Parkway Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 230 Parkway Dr, Clemson SC 29631, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Clemson College World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Sikes Hall (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Outdoor Theater (Amphitheater) (about 600 feet away); The Old Tillman Hall Bell (about 600 feet away); Class of 1943 Veterans (about 600 feet away); First Woman Graduate (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hardin Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Quercus lyrata (Overcup Oak) (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clemson.

Regarding Long Hall. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Clemson University Historic District I, of which Long Hall is a contributing building:

… Originally known as Long Agricultural Hall, this is one of a number of campus buildings built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style by Rudolph E. Lee. The construction of a modern building for the Department of Agriculture marked a progressive period of growth for Clemson encouraged by the Public Works Administration, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs of the 1930s. Long Agricultural Hall was built on a site which had been previously occupied
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 6, 2021

2. Long Hall Marker
Marker is toward the left.
by the college extension service. The building was named for William W. Long, director of the Clemson College Extension Service from 1913 to 1934. Dedication ceremonies for the building were held on 12 May 1937, and were attended by Henry A. Wallace, Roosevelt's Secretary of Agriculture. The construction of Long Agricultural Hall marked Clemson's emergence as a leader in agricultural education both in the South and in the nation.

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3. Clemson University Historic District I

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Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 247 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 6, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on November 8, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on April 27, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.