Clemson in Pickens County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Sirrine Hall
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 6, 2021
1. Airtime Hall Marker
Originally known as the Textile Building, Sirrine Hall was constructed from 1937 to 1938 for the textile education department. It was designed and constructed in consultation with Joseph E. Sirrine, a Greenville industrialist who became a leader in industrial plant and textile mill design in the South. It was later renamed in honor of Sirrine, who was also a member of the Clemson Board of Trustees. Sirrine Hall was renovated in 1978 when the attic was converted into academic space. It was placed on the National Register of Historic buildings in 1990.
The last of the major campus buildings designed by Rudolph E. Lee, architecture program founder, college architect and professor, Sirrine reversed the C-shaped footprintused in Riggs, Fike and Long halls, creating an entrance forecourt. In keeping with the Lee design style, ornamentation includes engraved names of great inventors in the history of textiles, such as Sir Richard Arkwright (mechanical spinner to make yarn), Eli Whitney (cotton gin), the Rev. Edmund Cartwright (power loom) and Sir William Henry Perkin (the first synthetic dye).
1938
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Erected by Clemson University.
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Location. 34° 40.638′ N, 82° 50.308′ W. Marker is in Clemson, South Carolina, in Pickens County. Marker is at the intersection of Calhoun Drive and Fernow Street, on the right when traveling east on Calhoun Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 515 Calhoun Dr, Clemson SC 29634, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Fort Hill (within shouting distance of this marker); Riggs Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Fort Hill (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Fort Hill (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Fort Hill (about 500 feet away); Site of the First Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Clemson Agricultural College (about 500 feet away); Fort Hill Plantation Office (about 500 feet away); Trustee House (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clemson.
Regarding Sirrine Hall. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Clemson University
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 6, 2021
2. Sirrine Hall Marker (side B)
Sirrine Hall (1938): Originally known as the Textile Building, Sirrine Hall was one of eight buildings at Clemson built between 1936 and 1938, a short period of significant construction on the campus. It was built to replace Godfrey Hall (built in 1898 and included in Clemson University Historic District I) as the home of the Textile Department. It was one of several campus buildings designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style by Rudolph E. Lee. Lee worked in conjunction with J.E. Sirrine and Company, a textile engineering firm from Greenville. The Textile Building was constructed by the Daniel Construction Company. Joseph E. Sirrine, for whom Sirrine Hall was later renamed, helped to fund the building's completion. He was a prominent industrialist with interests in industrial architecture, engineering, and textiles. Sirrine established his firm, specializing in textile plant design, in 1903. It soon became one of the leaders in Southern industrial architecture, designing or consulting on the construction of cotton mills, other textile plants, and other industrial plants. Sirrine was also a strong advocate of textile education, serving for nearly twenty years as a life member of Clemson's Board of Trustees. Sirrine Hall now houses the College of Commerce and Industry.
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3. Sirrine Hall Marker
Screenshot from Greenville County Schools' J.E. Sirrine Scholarship Application
4. Joseph Emory Sirrine (1872-1947)
He opened his own engineering firm in 1902, and formed a partnership with associates in 1921 to operate under the name of J. E. Sirrine Company. It designed nearly 70 mills and other textile-related structures.
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5. Clemson University Historic District II
National Register of Historic Places Digital Archive on NPGallery website entry
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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 632 times since then and 99 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 6, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 8, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 5. submitted on April 27, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
