- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Pearce/Bailey Complex, Brenau University
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Brenau University
College buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
Buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
College campuses--Georgia--Gainesville
Historic buildings--Georgia--Gainesville
Pearce Auditorium
Auditoriums--Georgia--Gainesville
Architecture, French--Georgia--Gainesville
Gainesville (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Pearce/Bailey complex and many other Brenau buildings located on the front campus are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photograph of Pearce Auditorium on the campus of Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. Construction on the four-story Second Empire-influenced building began on April 1, 1896. The auditorium was completed within a year and dedicated on May 21, 1897. In 1978 the building was named to the National Register of Historical Places.
Brenau was founded in 1878 as a small, private institution for the education of women. Today approximately 2,400 male and female students are enrolled annually in its four divisions (the Women's College, the Evening and Weekend College, the Online College, and the Academy). - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/brenau-university/m-2717/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Brenau University
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/brenau-university
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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