Padgett-Thomas Barracks (Charleston, South Carolina)

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Padgett-Thomas Barracks was originally built in 1922. It was the first building on campus after the college relocated from Marion Square.
Until 2001 when it was demolished, it was the oldest building on campus. Structural problems forced its closure in 2000. A new barracks that looks just like the original building opened in August 2004.
The building, which serves as a model for all the barracks, is designed so that the center is a quadrangle onto which each room opens, and in each of the four corners is a spiral stairway. Adjacent to the east sally port is the guard room. The dominant feature of the barracks is the tower which rises 109 feet and eight stories in the air and overlooks the parade ground to the east.