Davis & Elkins College, also known as D&E, is a small residential liberal arts college located in Elkins, West Virginia

Elkins, West Virginia

Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins , a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 7,032 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County...

, United States

United States

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. The school was founded in 1904 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Church (USA)

The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...

. It was named for Henry G. Davis

Henry G. Davis

Henry Gassaway Davis was a self-made millionaire and U.S. Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. His brother was U.S...

 and his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins who were both members of the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 from West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. The Senator, the college newspaper, was founded in December 1922.
The school's athletic teams, known as the Senators, compete in the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Division II West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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The college president is G.T. "Buck" Smith. He had been a consultant to the college from 1998 to 2001. He was named president in 2008.

Campus Buildings

1890-1924

• Halliehurst Mansion
  Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House
  Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House, also known as Halliehurst, is a historic mansion located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was designed by noted architect Charles T. Mott and built in 1890, as a summer home for U.S. Senator Stephen Benton Elkins. It consists of a three-story main...
  
  
• Graceland Mansion
  Graceland (Elkins, West Virginia)
  Graceland in Elkins, West Virginia is a historic mansion that was the summer home of Henry Gassaway Davis, a United States Senator from 1871–1883. The mansion was completed in 1893. It is listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated National Historic...
  
  
• The Ice House
• The Gatehouse

1925-1976

• Liberal Arts Hall
  Albert and Liberal Arts Halls
  Albert and Liberal Arts Halls are a set of two historic buildings located on the campus of Davis & Elkins College at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. The brick Georgian Revival style buildings were built between 1924 and 1926, and planned as a unit of two distinct and separate buildings...
  
  
• Charles Albert Hall
  Albert and Liberal Arts Halls
  Albert and Liberal Arts Halls are a set of two historic buildings located on the campus of Davis & Elkins College at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. The brick Georgian Revival style buildings were built between 1924 and 1926, and planned as a unit of two distinct and separate buildings...
  
  
• Boiler House Theatre
• Memorial Gymnasium/Martin Field House (dedicated October 2010)
• Jennings Ranolph Hall
• Benedum Hall
• Eshelman Science Center
• Robbins Chapel
• Hermanson Campus Center
• Graceland Inn & Robert C. Byrd Conference Center
• Darby Hall, freshmen females
• Roxanna Booth Hall, upperclass females
• Gribble Hall, freshmen males
• Presidential Suites, upperclass co-ed
• International Hall/Moyer Hall (dedicated October 2010), upperclass males

1992-2007

• Booth Library
• Charles B. Gates Memorial Tower
• Madden Student Center & Robbins Tower
• The McDonnell Center

Affiliated programs

• Augusta Heritage Center
  Augusta Heritage Center
  Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia, is a non-profit organization which fosters the scholarly study and practice of traditional arts in music, dance, craft, and folklore....
  
  , at Davis & Elkins College -- A center dedicated to traditional arts and music, with 10+ themes ranging from Old Time, bluegrass, Cajun, Irish, dance, wood and metal working and more for five consecutive weeks every summer, typically in July and August.

Notable alumni

• Tobi Stoner
  Tobi Stoner
  Tobi Neal Stoner is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who plays for the New York Mets organization.-Early life:...
  
  , professional baseball player
• Jeremy Stolfi, Published Substance Abuse Counselor

External links

• Davis & Elkins College Official School site