Built in 1906 as Spivey Hall, a boarding house for boys, the property was conveyed to Mars Hill College by the Rev. and Mrs. Frank A. Clark in 1907 and became Treat Dormitory for male students with a matching gift from Milo Clinton Treat. In 1921 it became Spilman Home for Girls through gifts from Dr. and Mrs. Barnard Washington Spilman and the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, with a northern brick addition added while Dr. Robert Lee Moore was president. A 1941 renovation added a parlor and sun porch, designed by architect Henry Irven Gaines during the presidency of Dr. Hoyt Blackwell. The building served as a men's dormitory from 1907 to 1921, a women's dormitory from 1921 to 1945, a men's dormitory again from 1945 to 1968, and from 1968 onward housed adult education, summer conferences, Upward Bound, the Theatre Arts Department, and a Marketing and Communications annex. It also housed Oscar Sams Dining Hall from 1921 to 1938 and Building and Grounds from 1938 to 1974. The annex was removed in 2015, and the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 2006.