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re: Auburn, tell us about southern architecture
Posted on 12/18/21 at 2:43 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 12/18/21 at 2:43 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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Posted on 12/18/21 at 3:03 pm to Hayt
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Haley Center
Can't wait to see that shithole come down.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 3:19 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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Can't wait to see that shithole come down.
What is the timeline on Haley? Alabama is planning on imploding Tutwiler in 2022. IMO, it's the biggest eyesore on campus now.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 3:27 pm to deeprig9
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I used to drive through downtown Eufaula at least twice a year in the 80's and 90's. There are some very nice pretty historic homes for sure... but I don't recall spanish moss. Are you sure that last pic is from Eufala?
The Spanish people brought it with them from Mexico. That's what they use to fatten up the armadillos for tacos.
This post was edited on 12/18/21 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 12/18/21 at 3:28 pm to WRhodesTider
No clue. But not soon enough.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 3:30 pm to AU86
I think that was Marietta but I could be wrong.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 4:01 pm to AU86
Augusta was spared as well. Legend had it that Sherman had a “lady friend” who lived there, and he didn’t burn it.
Madison has beautiful antebellum homes.
Madison has beautiful antebellum homes.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 4:04 pm to BamaGradinTn
quote:Looks like they should be on Texas A&Ms campus.
Here are a few architectural gems from the campus.
ETA- The town is a shithole, but Holly Springs, MS has a lot of antebellum homes. Grant had his HQ there one winter so he didn't burn the town down.
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Posted on 12/18/21 at 4:05 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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Can't wait to see that shithole come down.
I graduated in 91 and still have dreams of trying to find my class in that building.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 4:26 pm to borotiger
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Selma also has some of these type homes. I
Every home but one was burned to the ground. The homes you see in the historical districts were built to make the town appear as it would have looked before the Union Troops came in. A home I inspected in Selma was the only home that wasn't burned down. The owners were hiding escaped slaves in the basement. The Union fought a skirmish on the grounds with Confederate Troops to gain control of the house. The original slave quarters exist but may be torn down in the future due to insect damage.
Selma has some interesting Historic Plaques as well. One home was owned by the Commander of the Merrimack.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 4:28 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
This thread sucks
Posted on 12/18/21 at 4:48 pm to deeprig9
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I used to drive through downtown Eufaula at least twice a year in the 80's and 90's. There are some very nice pretty historic homes for sure... but I don't recall spanish moss. Are you sure that last pic is from Eufala?
no, I just threw Eufaula in at the end after showing examples of greek revival and victorian
Posted on 12/18/21 at 5:05 pm to Jrv2damac
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This thread sucks
Posted on 12/18/21 at 5:11 pm to borotiger
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I graduated in 91 and still have dreams of trying to find my class in that building.
96 here. Did you ever sit in the same classroom but on the wrong floor? I know I did a time or two
Posted on 12/18/21 at 5:17 pm to Jrv2damac
quote:God Bless Mizzou
This thread sucks
Posted on 12/18/21 at 5:32 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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I think that was Marietta but I could be wrong.
Marietta was burned, at least a good part of it, including Georgia Military Academy and the courthouse.
A large part of Smyrna was burned on or around July 4 1864. My g-g-g-grandfather's house was about to be burned (they had thrown torches under the porch) when soldiers ransacking the interior found his Masonic apron. The commanding officer was also a Mason and would not let a fellow Mason's house burn, so he made the soldiers go under the house and pull the torches out and douse the flames.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 5:40 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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I think that was Marietta but I could be wrong.
It was Madison that I was thinking of. I looked it up.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 5:48 pm to tylerdurden24
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The tourist claim is that it’s the town Sherman thought too pretty to burn even though Sherman’s March was well west of the town.
Sherman's March was 60 miles wide. The reason that he probably spared Madison is that it had a pro union senator from there that had ties to Sherman. That is what I have read.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 5:55 pm to StopRobot
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The guys who fought literally to keep slaves? Theyre cool I guess
war crimes are brutal treatment of human beings - war crimes are war crimes
do you know what large percent of southerners did NOT own slaves? They overwhelmingly fought simply because they were attacked
what would you do if you were attacked for no reason Stop Robot?
current day revisionist "historians" saying "Oh, Sherman burned the south to teach a lesson about the cruelties of war"
not merely just laughable, just absolute malpractice in the practice of being a historian and a commentator on history - but of course our Kardashian/Justin Bieber society drinks it up.
Posted on 12/18/21 at 6:01 pm to auggie
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