Belk Dormitory

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Built

1966

Demolished

2014

Construction cost

$1,378,291

Gross sq. ft.

90,152

Assignable sq. ft.

73,924

Architects

Dudley & Shoe, Greenville, NC. See Manuscript Collection regarding this firm’s records.

Namesake

Henry Belk (1898-1972), a North Carolina native, received a B.A. Degree from Trinity College (now Duke University) in 1923. In 1926 Belk became the managing editor for the Goldsboro news, and earned wide respect as a journalist. The Goldsboro News later merged with the Goldsboro Argus to become the Goldsboro News-Argus for which he was also managing editor and later editor. Belk was partially blind and served on the President’s Committee for the Employment of the Physically Handicapped (1960) He was very active in state and local civic activities. Belk served as a trustee of ECU (1945-1973) and was Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1963 to 1964.

History

Belk Dormitory was located on the south end of College Drive in the vicinity of Scott, Aycock and Jones dormitories. The building was four stories high, including three major wings connected by covered passages and stair towers. The dormitory could have housed five hundred and eight men. Belk Dormitory was demolished in 2014.

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