Hoke-Smith Annex – UGA 1042 (1940, Category 3). Hoke-Smith Annex is located on Carlton Street just east of the Hoke Smith Building. Constructed in 1940, the Annex was one of the last buildings undertaken with the assistance of the WPA. The building has been adapted for use by the Cooperative Extension Service.
Hoke Smith Annex is larger than the Hoke Smith Building but is similar in form and appearance to both it and other New Deal buildings on South Campus, such as Forestry and Dairy Sciences. Like these buildings, the Annex is three stories high including a raised basement, which has a stucco exterior. The building has a simple, utilitarian entrance with a slightly projecting brick pavilion form and a simple set of entrance doors in a stone surround.
Significantly, the Annex retains its original steel windows, which are large industrial style windows with center operating awning sash. The windows are important character defining features. Room air conditioning units have been installed in many of the windows, with resulting loss of window fabric. In other windows, the operable sash have been replaced with fixed glass, probably due to air leakage.
Exterior metal fire escapes in brick enclosures have been added to each end of the building in recent years. The interior of the Annex has concrete clock walls and utilitarian detailing. The building is significant to the end of the University’s New Deal period.
