Shepherd College Campus Art - McMurran Hall | Campus Prints & Note Cards by Virginia artist Bill Harrah

Bill Harrah
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SHEPHERD COLLEGE (Click on an image to see the actual notecard size)

McMurran Hall Shepherdstown, West Virginia #NC-01200-ED - Notecards Also available in Assortment Pack #AST-785 Prints not available. McMurran Hall originally served as the town hall of Shepherdstown. The building was constructed on a vacant lot where the old Shepherd Fort had stood. The lot was acquired in 1858 by Rezin Davis Shepherd, noted local philanthropist and descendent of the town’s founder. The lot seemed the ideal location for a town hall featuring one story for a library and one for meetings. McMurran Hall is named for the first principal of Shepherd College. The hall was built in the style of Greek revival architecture. The designer of the hall is unknown, but seems to have been influenced by William Strickland, who designed many churches as well as the New Orleans Mint and the Tennessee State Capitol. Wings were added to the building in 1866-1871, when the hall was used as the Jefferson County Courthouse. Rezin Shepherd died of typhoid fever on November 10, 1865, a few months after the completion of the town hall. Shepherd Brooks, his grandson, later granted use of the property for a classical scientific school. On April 21, 1891, a continuing Board of Trustees was established to lease, but not to sell, the property. McMurran Hall is currently being used by Shepherd College who is responsible for the maintenance of the building. Text © 1994 Dianne Harrah, Drawing © 1994 Bill Harrah.


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