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The Auburn University Historic District comprises the historic core of Auburn University in Alabama. The 14.5-acre (5.9 ha) district includes buildings built between 1846 and 1951, with a consistent red brick material palette.
Auburn's Foy Information Desk service is one of the busiest information lines, receiving around 1000 calls each day. [3] The service was featured on the Today Show on November 27, 2007. [1] On October 10, 2014, an employee at the Foy Information Desk received a bomb threat from a caller. The building was evacuated while police searched for ...
Roughly bounded by E. Drake Ave., the former Western Railway of Alabama line, N. Gay St., N. College St. and Bragg Ave. and Warrior Ct. 32°36′42″N 85°28′55″W / 32.611667°N 85.481944°W / 32.611667; -85.481944 ( Old Main and Church Street Historic
Reference number Name Image Locality County Notes; 85002925 Aduston Hall: Gainesville: Sumter: Built from 1844–46 for Amos Travis, a native of Georgia. It is a major contributing property to the Gainesville Historic District. Adventure Plantation
The Scotts are credited with helping Auburn, Alabama develop at the beginning of its growth period. Nathaniel Scott was even Auburn's town commissioner in 1839. Around 1846, about 100 acres–the land where Pebble Hill stands–sold for $800. [3] Scott built Pebble Hill in 1847 at the center of a 100-acre (0.40 km 2) plantation.
Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Auburn Heritage Association (1994). Ebenezer Church/Baptist Hill/East Thatch Avenue. Historic Marker. Located 450 E. Thach Avenue, Auburn, Ala. Logue, Mickey & Simms, Jack (1996). Auburn: A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village, Revised. Auburn, Ala. ISBN 1-885860-08-0
When Auburn University (as East Alabama Male College) opened in 1859, classes were held in a structure named "Old Main" on the current site of Samford Hall. On June 24, 1887, Old Main was destroyed by fire.
Auburn is located at (32.597684, −85.480823) [12] and according to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the city has a total area of 39.6 square miles (103 km 2), of which, 39.1 square miles (101 km 2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2) of it (1.11%) is water. The elevation of Auburn at City Hall is 709 ft (216 m) above sea ...