The fountain is located in the Founders Memorial Garden, and has a plaque that reads “Dedicated in lasting memory to all who served in World War II. To those who gave much and to those who gave all.” The Founders Memorial Garden was originally established and built between 1939 and 1946 to honor the founders of the American Garden Club movement, but as time passed the garden it also became a memorial to all those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, primarily those of World War II. Little information was available about the fountain, and it is unknown whether the fountain has an official name. The year it was established in the Founders Memorial Garden, as well as who designed the fountain also remain a mystery. I believe the fountain was built shortly after World War II due to the garden being established in congruence with World War II. The Ladies Garden Club likely wanted to tack on the memorial to WWII due to the magnitude of the conflict, but this is all conjecture.

Resources

http://tclf.org/landscapes/university-georgia-founders-memorial-garden

http://www.ced.uga.edu/about/facilities/founders-memorial/

This Blue Star Memorial By-Way Plaque can be located in the University’s Founders Memorial Garden on S. Lumpkin Street on North campus. This particular by-way plaque was dedicated on March 15, 2015 and belongs to the Azalea District and Garden Club Council. The Blue Star Memorial Program was created originally in 1944 to commemorate those who had served and continued to serve in World War II in order for the community to express their appreciation for their services. The following year, the National Council of State Garden Clubs recognized the program and established the Blue Star Highway System, which now consists of markers spanning the entire United States. It was during this World War II period in which this blue star was accepted as symbolic of the United States Armed Forces and began to appear throughout communities mostly on banners and flags in their homes, local businesses, and churches. In 1951, the Blue Star program expanded its notion to honor all service men and women who had served, was currently serving, and those who would serve in the United States Armed Forces.

 

Sources:

“The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. | Projects and Programs.” The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. | Projects and Programs. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2016.

“Garden Clubs Dedicate Blue Star Memorial Marker” Pilot, The (NC), Nov. 13, 2013.

This bench was placed in memory of UGA student Virginia (Ginny) Rucker Walter, who was born in 1966 and died in 1986. Ginny was a 20-year-old English major when she tragically passed away during spring break of her sophomore year. While sitting in a parked car on a front lawn, waiting for her father, a drunken 17-year-old teenager lost control of his car, smashed into Ginny’s car, and killed her. Writing for the college newspaper, The Red & Black, Ginny’s friend Jessica Saunders noted that Ginny lived and died in Savannah, but was born in Athens and always preferred it to Savannah. She was buried in Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens. Shortly after her death, a memorial scholarship in her name was created to recognize the work of one English major per year, and there is also a poetry prize in Ginny’s name. The English department does not include specific information about the nature of the scholarship and prize on their website, but Department Head Coburn Freer’s 1987 letter to the second scholarship winner notes that the scholarship “honor[s] the memory of another unusually gifted student [Ginny].” The bench in Ginny’s name is located behind Park Hall, home of the English Department, in a shady peaceful walkway.

 

Sources:
Ashworth, Jerry. “Students Die in Wrecks; History Professor Stable.” The Red & Black. April 1, 1986, Vol. 93, No. 81.

“Awards: Eligibility and Nominations.” English at UGA. Accessed September 26, 2016. https://www.english.uga.edu/undergrad/pages/31.

“Briefly.” The Red & Black. April 3, 1986, Vol. 93, No. 83.

Freer, Coburn, November 18, 1987. Louise McBee papers, Folder 23. University of Georgia Archives.

Saunders, Jessica. “Reliving Past & Easing Sorrow.” The Red & Black. April 18, 1986, Vol. 93, No. 92.

Built in 1847, the Lustrat House is the only example of a professor residence on campus. Professors occupied the houses to monitor student behavior. Erected during the presidency of Alonzo Church, the antebellum home was first occupied by John LeConte, a professor of natural history. In the early 1880s, Dr. Charles Morris, chair of the English department, lived in the house. It is the ghost of Dr. Morris that many claim haunts the house. A Confederate veteran, Morris has been sighted in his uniform seated at the dining room table or rocking at the window.

Marie Lustrate, who along with her two sisters, lived in the house claimed to have seen him. The Lustrat family occupied the house for thirty years as Professor Lustrat headed the department of Romance Languages. The house has been utilized as a residence, a house museum, an office of the president and is now home to the Office of Legal Affairs.

 

Peabody Hall bears the name of George Peabody, a Northern benefactor who made a fortune in the trans-Atlantic trade through banking and investments. His will designated that monies be used to aid education in the south, following the Civil War by building schools and training teachers. The University received $40,000 from the estate and built the building in 1913 for the School of Education. Today it houses the Departments of Philosophy and Religion.

 

Terrell Hall was built in 1903 to replace the previous building on the same foundation, Science Hall, when it was destroyed by a fire. The original cornerstone for Science Hall is still visible at the northwest corner of Terrell Hall. It is currently the offices of undergraduate admissions and Speech Communication. After the fire the university was able to pay to build Terrell Hall with funds from the insurance payout and also a large earlier gift given by Dr. William Terrell and so the building was named after his financial contribution and to recognize his legacy on the agriculture of Georgia. He was a wealthy planter, politician and surgeon-physician during the Antebellum era. Dr. Terrell worked and is buried in Sparta, Georgia. He was a huge supporter of UGA’s College of Agriculture, was founder and first president for the Hancock Planter’s Society, a group that helped revolutionize Georgia farming techniques. He also represented Hancock County in the Georgia State Legislature, and served four years in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Resources:

“Over the Dog Years: North Campus Buildings a Time Capsule of UGA History” in The Red and Black by Lindsey Conway. Nov. 29, 2014.

http://www.externalaffairs.uga.edu/alumni/index.php/heritage/stories/terrell_hall

Denmark Hall was built in 1901 as a Dining Hall complete with a kitchen and a dining area that could fit 200 students. Convict labor from the Clarke County Commission was used to grade the land. In 1950 it was converted into an academic building. The students often referred to Denmark by a negative nickname the “Beanery” for its poor quality of food. The dining hall was named in memorial for Brantley Astor Denmark of the class of 1871 when he died at the age of 51 the same year as the building opened. The university wanted to recognize his outstanding leadership and loyal support to the University of Georgia. He led the first alumni fundraising effort in 1897 that raised $40,000 and was later used to build Memorial Hall. Brantley Astor Denmark was a prominent Savannah businessman who served as university trustee, a lawyer, president of the Citizen’s Bank of Savannah, president of the Southern/Western Railroad, curator of the Georgia Historical Society, and a member of his local Board of Education. Today Denmark Hall is home to the Masters of Historic Preservation Program under the College of Environment and Design.

Sources:

http://www.externalaffairs.uga.edu/alumni/index.php/heritage/stories/denmark_hall

http://foodservice.uga.edu/about/history-pictures

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The Chapel Bell we know today has gone through quite a bit of history. The chapel which hosts the bell was built in 1832 with a grand total cost of $15,000. The bell was initially positioned on the roof. However in 1913, due to rotten wood in the structure, the bell was moved to its location that it maintains now. The Chapel Bell was used to mark the beginning of service as well as the beginning and ending of classes and during World War II, had been used as an air raid siren. The longest tradition of the bell was to ring the bell til midnight for every home football victory and all night for a win over Georgia Tech. In 2007, the bell fell again after a win over Florida which required that the entire tower be rebuilt.

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