Withers Building

Withers Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Withers Building in 1986
Location	Rock Hill, South Carolina
Coordinates
Built	1891, 1912–1913
Architect	1891, unknown; 1912–1916, William Augustus Edwards of Edwards & Sayward
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	81000571
Added to NRHP	August 20, 1981

The Withers Building, also known as the Winthrop Training School or W.T.S., is an historic building complex located at 611 Myrtle Drive on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The complex consists of three parts: the old Presbyterian High School, the Main Classroom - Office Building and the new Gymnasium.

The old two-story Presbyterian High School was built in 1891 and bought in 1910 by the state for what was then Winthrop College: The South Carolina College for Women to be used as its teacher training school.

The three story E-shaped plan Main Classroom - Office Building with a central four-story tower was built in 1912–1913 and designed in the redbrick Gothic Revival style by the noted Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards of the firm of Edwards and Sayward. This is the most architecturally significant part of the complex.

The new Gymnasium building was built in 1952 and designed by G. Thomas Harmon of Columbia to replace the old gymnasium which had been on the fourth floor of the tower.

In 1960 the Winthrop Training School was named the Withers Building to honor Sarah Withers a graduate of the college and a former principal of the school.

On August 20, 1981, the Withers Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

External links

• South Carolina Department of History and Archives page on the Withers Building
• National Register Nomination Form for the Withers Building
• Winthrop Tour: Withers/W.T.S.
• Historic American Buildings Survey on Withers Building

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina