Pfeiffer University
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1885 |
| Affiliation | United Methodist Church |
| President | Colleen Perry Keith |
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Academic staff
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51 full-time |
| Students | 1,200 |
| Location |
Misenheimer, North Carolina, United States 35°29′04″N 80°16′57″W / 35.48444°N 80.28250°WCoordinates: 35°29′04″N 80°16′57″W / 35.48444°N 80.28250°W |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Mascot | Pfeiffer Falcons (Freddie Falcon) |
| Website | www.pfeiffer.edu |
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Pfeiffer Junior College Historic District
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| Area | 14.5 acres (5.9 ha) |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | Poundtstone, Odis Clay; Bradshaw, Leonidas Sloan, et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 99000480 |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1999 |
Pfeiffer University is a private university in the village of Misenheimer near Richfield, North Carolina that is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Pfeiffer originated from a home school operated by Miss Emily Prudden in the late 19th century. The school first began operation on the outskirts of Hudson, North Carolina, on Lick Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina. University archivist Jonathan Hutchinson said in 2013, "Our accepted founding date is 1885," referring to the date Prudden's first school began, "but Emily probably started the school in about 1898." The school was called Oberlin, after John Frederick Oberlin, a French priest noted for his social improvement in the Alsace Region of France. The school was later endowed by Mrs. Mary P. Mitchell, and the name was changed to the Mitchell School.
A fire destroyed the school in 1907 and it moved to the nearby town of Lenoir, North Carolina. As that location proved inadequate, the school again relocated in 1910, this time to its current location in Misenheimer. The Mitchell School began awarding high school diplomas in 1913. In 1928 the school began offering junior college classes and was accredited as such in 1934. It was that year that the Pfeiffer family of New York City gave generous financial gifts to the school for construction of new buildings, and it was then that the name Pfeiffer Junior College was used.
During the 1950s the school began offering senior college courses. The four-year Pfeiffer College was accredited in 1960 during the administration of Dr. J. Lem Stokes II, President. Pfeiffer opened a satellite campus in Charlotte, approximately forty miles away, in 1977. In 1996 the college's trustees voted to re-organize to achieve university status, and the current name of Pfeiffer University was adopted.
An outdoor drama entitled "The Legacy of Lick Mountain" relates the beginning of the school, and will be presented in Hudson, N.C. in the summer of 2015.
The Pfeiffer Junior College Historic District is a national historic district encompassing 14 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure on the campus of Pfeiffer University. They include Georgian Revival-style brick academic buildings erected between 1923 and 1948. Notable buildings include the Administration Building (1923, remodeled in 1936), Rowe Hall (1935), Merner Hall (1935), Goode Hall (1935), "Practice Home" (1941-1942), Cline Hall (1935), President's House (1935), Jane Freeman Hall (1937), Henry Pfeiffer Chapel (1941-1942), Delight and Garfield Merner Center (1941-1942), Washington Hall (1941-1942), Mitchell Gymnasium (1948-1950), and the Campus Gates (1935).
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