Athens Georgia The Arch Early Light B W University Of Georgia Architectural Art

by Reid Callaway

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Athens Georgia The Arch Early Light B W University Of Georgia Architectural Art

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Reid Callaway

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The Arch Early Light B&W....by Reid Callaway
University Of Georgia
Architectural Landscape Art

Life Is Not Measured By the Number of Breaths We Take, But By the Moments That Take Our
Breath Away!

This is a wonderful view of the Arch on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia as the early morning light casts it's shadows.

The Arch was built in the 1850s and originally served as part of a larger iron fence securing the campus. It is considered to be the gateway between the University of Georgia and the city of Athens.

At nearly 160 years old, the cast iron Arch bordering North Campus and Downtown Athens, represents both the past and the future of the University of Georgia.
The Arch is modeled after the Georgia state seal featuring the three pillars of wisdom, justice and moderation, which is the state motto of Georgia. To that end, the Arch is a reminder of the university’s ties to Georgia as the birthplace of public higher education in America and its commitment as a land-grant and sea-grant university to serve the people of Georgia.

For such an iconic symbol, the Arch’s origins are remarkably unassuming. Ironworkers at the Athens Foundry, which produced ironworks across the city and the campus, probably forged the Arch in 1857 when an iron gate was erected to separate Broad Street and the north end of the university. At the time, cattle roaming the dirt road that is now Broad Street were grazing on the North Campus lawn. Functionally speaking, this 16-foot, roughly 5,700-pound monument first acted as a gateway for the fence, with two doors connecting the columns. In fact, it was referred to as “the gate” rather than “the Arch” until the early 20th century.
The pillars at the Arch’s base were apparently made from the iron light poles erected elsewhere in the city, and the arch over them was made from boiler retention rings. The wreath detailing that adorns the Arch has a striking resemblance to embellishments on the Lucy Cobb House porch in Athens. In short, the Arch was fashioned from existing pieces, rather than being made from scratch.
Over time, the Arch has become synonymous with the university itself. Though it is nearly 70 years younger than the university’s charter, the Arch’s endurance through time mirrors the university’s enduring motto “to teach, to serve and to inquire into the nature of things.”

The University of Georgia, founded in 1785, also referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public Land-grant, Regional Sun Grant, National Sea Grant, and National Space Grant research university. Its primary location is a 762-acre (3.08 km2) campus adjacent to the college town of Athens, Georgia, approximately an hour's drive from the global city of Atlanta. It is a flagship university that is ranked tied for 18th overall among all public national universities in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report rankings. The university is classified in the highest ranking, "R-1: Doctoral Universities "Highest Research Activity", with the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classifying the student body as "More Selective," its most selective admissions category. The university has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered to provide a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.

The university was founded in 1785 as the United States' first state-chartered university and the birthplace of the American system of public higher education. Its historic North Campus is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as a designated historic district. The contiguous campus areas include rolling hills, gardens, and extensive green space including nature walks, fields, shrubbery, and large and varied arboreta. Close to the contiguous campus is the university's 58-acre Health Sciences Campus that also has an extensive landscaped green space, more than 400 trees, and several additional historic buildings.
The university offers over 140 degree programs in a wide array of disciplines. Consisting of thirteen libraries spread across multiple campuses, the UGA Libraries rank among the nation's best research libraries containing 4.7 million volumes and one of the nation's largest map collections. The University of Georgia is one of 126 member institutions that comprise the Association of Research Libraries.

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