I must first make it known that I stole this photo. I don't know who actually took it, but I found it on Google. Funny enough, the link Google provided with the photo took me to the official website of the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - the very college that I work for. Hopefully, stealing the photo for the purpose of this blog will not result in termination of my employment. I actually like this job sometimes.
So, for your viewing pleasure, here is one of the buildings on the University of Georgia's south campus (really more central campus, but there's no such thing as central campus at UGA - there's also no such thing as west campus, but's that's another story for another time). Sitting sedately at the top of Ag Hill, in view of the Boyd Center, across from Geography, Chemistry and Biological Sciences, and just a hop, skip and jump away from Sanford Stadium is Conner Hall, the home of College's administrative offices. Built originally in 1908, Conner was first named Agriculture Hall, a picture perfect addition to a school whose 1785 charter made it the first state-chartered University in the US, and a school that was, from the very beginning, set up as an agricultural college. In 1923, Ag Hall was renamed Conner Hall, in honor of the representative responsible for the building of the Hall. In 2008, UGA and College faculty, staff and students celebrated the Hall's 100th anniversary with Conner Crunch ice cream on the Hall's front lawn.
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| Conner Hall, c1908 |
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| Conner Hall, c2008 |
