Miller Hall In the Old Days

Miller Hall's dormitory is no longer being used on the SC State campus.

Miller Hall was named after the first president of SC State. Me and some other students sat down with the Archivist of the Whitaker library. Avery Daniels gave us some insight on what used to be a dorm for boys and girls before. Dr. Thomas E Miller was the president from 1896 to 1911. He had a foundation named after him called the Thomas Miller foundation. Mr. Daniels said that it is possible students have build Miller Hall. We went through some old year books as late as 1925. "The Wilkinson" is the name of the 1925 yearbook. In the 1939 yearbook I noticed pictures of students hanging out in the lobby. I was looking at a yearbook that showed pictures of the Miller Hall club for ladies. 

Miller Hall started off as a dormitory for males. Avery says it was a female dorm by the year 1996. The now abandoned dormitory has been closed for more than 10 years. When it was open, only juniors and seniors lived there. It was quite interesting to get a look at what used to be inside of Miller. It seems as if a lot of traffic was going on by the dorm. I say that because of where the building is located. Some would say that it is in the center of campus. The student center is located right across from the dorm. The plaza is right near it as well. Not many of my peers ever talk about the abandoned building that much. However, if they knew that it was a dorm they would probably be more interested. I must say visiting Avery Daniels to talk about Miller Hall made me want to know more about SC State in general.