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The first of the three high rise dorms constructed on the western edge of campus, Greene Hall opened on February 2, 1969. Designed to house 400 women students, it has since been converted for use by coeds. The dormitory’s namesake, Mary Hemphill Greene, served as a faculty member in the Department of English from 1928 until her death in 1968.
- Built
- 1966
- Construction cost
- $1.2 million
- Gross sq. ft.
- 82,731
- Assignable sq. ft.
- 57,997
- Architects
- Stinson
- Namesake
- Mary Hemphill Greene (1902-1968) received her B.A. degree from Agnes Scott College (1924) and M.A. degree from Columbia University (1928). Greene became a faculty member of the ECU English Department in 1928 and remained here until her death. She also belonged to a small faculty group constituting the early News Bureau at ECU, which was involved in transmitting college news stories to local papers. From 1945-1963, Mary Greene directed the operations of the News Bureau on a part-time basis.
- History
- Dedicated on February 2, 1969, the building was the first of three ten story dormitories for women built at the western end of campus. It was designed to house 400 women students. The exterior is composed of vertical sections of brick, alternating with rows of windows.
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