Seney–Stovall Chapel
| Seney–Stovall Chapel | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2015 | |
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| 33°57′22″N 83°23′21″W / 33.956110°N 83.389225°W | |
| Location | Athens, Georgia |
| Country | U.S. |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | William Winstead Thomas |
| Completed | 1881 |
Seney–Stovall Chapel is a church building in Athens, Georgia, United States. Part of Cobbham Historic District, it is located in the grounds of the former Lucy Cobb Institute, itself now part of the University of Georgia. It is named for George I. Seney and Nellie Stovall.
Mildred Lewis Rutherford (or "Miss Millie"), then head of the Lucy Cobb Institute, decided the girls needed a chapel and had them write seeking funding for one. In 1881, Nellie Stovall wrote "a beautiful and girlish letter"[1] to George I. Seney, who responded with the funding for the $10,000 structure, an octagonal red brick building called the Seney-Stovall Chapel.[2][3] It was designed by a local architect William Winstead Thomas.[4]
When Rutherford stepped down from the role of principal in 1895, she was replaced at the school's helm by her sister, Mary Ann Lipscomb.[5] Rutherford and Lipscomb were nieces of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb.[1]
In 1986, R.E.M. recorded two songs—their own song, "Swan Swan H", and a cover of Boudleaux Bryant's "Dream (All I Have to Do)"—in the chapel for the documentary Athens, GA: Inside/Out.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Blandin, Isabella Margaret Elizabeth (1909). History of Higher Education of Women in the South, Prior to 1860. New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company. pp. 149–152. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
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- ^ Jones, Charles Edgeworth (1889). Herbert Baxter Adams (ed.). Education in Georgia. Contributions to American educational history. Vol. 5. pp. 110–112.
- ^ "Seney-Stovall Chapel History". Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ Thomas, Frances Taliaferro; Koch, Mary Levin (2009). A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County, Second edition. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-1356-6.
- ^ Knight, Lucian Lamar (1913). Georgia's Landmarks Memorials and Legends: Landmarks and memorials. Vol. 1. Atlanta: Printed for the author by The Byrd Printing Company, State Printers. pp. 437–438. OCLC 1333051. Retrieved February 12, 2011.