Old College Plaque

Old College Plaque

Old College

A Plaque on the North Wall of Old College, placed during construction of the building in 1805, that reads “The Site of this Building was chosen on the VIth day of July 1801 in the XXVIth year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA by GEORGE WALTON, ABRAHAM BALDWIN, JOHN MILLEDGE, JOHN TWIGGS, and HUGH LAWSON, a Committee of the Senatus Academicus of the University of Georgia and for the benefit of the Institution the adjacent land was on that day given by JOHN MILLEDGE.”

The University of Georgia

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

1805

English

Plaque on Old College building