Walker Hall - About

	fter a $12.5 million renovation and	Walker Hall now features: seven equipped meeting rooms for seminars and conferences; a 400-seat auditorium with sound and lighting systems as well as backstage dressing rooms and production areas; a reception area that will accommodate up to 350 people; distinctive architectural features as backdrops for photos; a comfortable, fully furnished guest suite for overnight accommodations; a gift shop with unique and traditional items for all occasions; exhibition areas easily adapted for different exhibits or displays.		How can Walker Hall serve you? Comfortable conferences Unique weddings, rehearsal dinners and receptions Nostalgic class reunions Company parties Specialty gift shop Spacious family gatherings Accessible corporate retreats or meetings Benefit galas
restoration, Walker Hall now stands as an architectural showplace with a three-story atrium, wide balconies, curved staircases, arching porticos, period tile floors, and original columns, capitals and hand-carved woodwork. Completed in 1859 as the main building of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, Walker Hall was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The building’s uncommon combination of historic grace, accessibility and technology make Walker Hall an ideal site for special events where character and elegance are as important as comfort and state-of-the-art technology.