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re: President's mansions/residences of the SEC

Posted on 8/7/19 at 6:57 am to
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25174 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 6:57 am to
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The University of Arkansas has a chancellor and they have a nice residence on campus.




It is a nice building. I'd rate some of the other schools higher but you definitely would not be ashamed to live there.
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
7488 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:29 am to
I like most of these, but I really like how South Carolina’s looks. It would be perfect in Charleston.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:34 am to
I like Kentucky's.

Auburn's would be awesome if they'd cut those awful crepe myrtles down in front of it.


And I hate that fountain/cup thing in front of Alabama's. So tacky.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:05 am to
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This and a guard shack across the street next to the Library are the only two buildings left on Campus that were not burned by the Union Army on the way to Vicksburg.

That's not true. 4 buildings survived and still stand (President's Mansion, Little Round House, Gorgas, Old Observatory), plus a few slaves quarters.
This post was edited on 8/7/19 at 8:11 am
Posted by secuniversity
Member since May 2015
5681 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 9:37 am to
I think the Little Round House was what he was referring to.
When it was a Confederate campus, soldiers were posted at all 4 windows to watch for enemies in all directions.




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plus a few slaves quarters


First time I'm hearing of this. Where?
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 9:42 am to
President's Mansion, Little Round House, Gorgas House, and the observatory(Maxwell Hall) were the only buildings spared that are still standing today. The slave quarters that survived were later razed. Not sure when.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 10:10 am to
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First time I'm hearing of this. Where?

They were around the President's Mansion.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 10:11 am to
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The slave quarters that survived were later razed. Not sure when.

I thought one or two were preserved, but I could be wrong.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 10:12 am to
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I think the Little Round House was what he was referring to

It is, I was referring to him saying only 2 buildings survived.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 10:22 am to
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I thought one or two were preserved, but I could be wrong.




Maybe so. Story I was told was 3 or 4 survived. 2 were razed when they built Morgan Hall, and the others were near the President's Mansion. There are still some structures behind the President's Mansion, so perhaps those are the preserved ones.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 10:40 am to
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There are still some structures behind the President's Mansion, so perhaps those are the preserved ones.

They are. There's ~4 small buildings behind the President's Mansion. At least one or two of them were slave quarters.
Posted by waiting4saturday
Covington, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9713 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:39 pm to
LSU's president doesn't live in the honors college. He has a house on East Lake Shore Dr, on the LSU Lakes with a bunch of beautiful oaks in front.

Here's a crappy old picture:
Posted by iHatecowbells
Southaven MS
Member since Sep 2018
549 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 2:50 pm to
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Auburn




Auburn presidents house OR Ole Miss Pike house?
Posted by TheGasMan
Member since Oct 2014
3136 posts
Posted on 8/8/19 at 1:11 am to
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It would be perfect in Charleston

Nah, CofC has a pre-Revolutionary war (circa 1770, same year the college was founded) house as our president’s house.



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