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Appendix F List of Building Names, Markers, and Memorial Sites

Below is a partial list of memorial sites, buildings and markers. Though incomplete, the list serves to highlight trends in naming and memorializing practices at W&L. Those highlighted in italics are named for or honor people of color and/or women.

I. Memorial Spaces Outside333

  • "A Difficult, Yet Undeniable, History" Marker/Memorial, 2015. Located in a memorial garden between Robinson and Tucker halls, it includes the names of the enslaved men and women who were bequeathed to Washington College by John Robinson.
  • "Free Spirit," sculpture in memory of Kelsey Durkin ‘14, 2014
  • Liberty Hall Ruins, 1782. The name of Augusta Academy was changed to Liberty Hall Academy in 1776 (which is where Chavis enrolls).
  • Memorial Gate. It contains the names of alumni who gave their lives in World War I, World War II, Vietnam and other conflicts.
  • Robert F. Lindsey, 2008 memorial to a student athlete (located near Wilson Field).
  • Robinson Obelisk, 1900. Erected to honor the generosity of the donor.
  • Traveller Memorial, 1871. Located on the wall of the garage of the Lee House.
  • Washington Hall Cupola Bell, 1871
  • William Washburn Tennis Courts
  • Alston Parker Watt Field
  • Wilson Field
  • Cannan Green
  • Cap'n Dick Smith Baseball Field
  • Cohen Family Amphitheatre
  • Davidson Park
  • Duchossois Tennis Center
  • Stemmons Plaza

II. Rooms Named for People

  • Elrod Commons, Stackhouse Theater
  • Evans Hall, Washington Room
  • Payne Hall, Room 201 marked as the office of "General" Lee
  • Sydney Lewis Hall, Powell Conference Room
  • Sydney Lewis Hall, Middleton/Vellines Mock Trial Court Room
  • Sydney Lewis Hall, Millhiser Moot Court Room
  • Sydney Lewis Hall, Steinheimer Foyer
  • Wilson Field, Track/Field McLaughlin Suite
  • Wilson Hall, Staniar Gallery
  • Wilson Hall, Lykes Atrium
  • Lenfest Hall, Maslansky Studio
  • Lenfest Hall, Kamen Gallery
  • Lenfest Hall, Keller Theatre
  • Lenfest Hall, Johnson Theatre
  • Leyburn Library, Northen Auditorium

III. Building Names:

  • Belfield House
  • Chavis House (part of themed campus housing)
  • Doremus Gymnasium, 1913. Robert P. Doremus donated his estate to W&L.
  • Baker Hall, after Newton B. Baker, law alumnus and U.S. Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921 (during World War I)
  • Davis Hall, after John W. Davis (Class of 1895, 14th Solicitor General of the United States, 1913-1918)
  • Early-Fielding Memorial Building
  • duPont Hall
  • Elrod Commons (W&L President John Elrod)
  • Evans Hall. Named for the businesswoman and philanthropist Letitia Pate Evans, who donated millions of dollars to educational institutions in Virginia and Georgia.
  • Gaines (W&L President Francis Pendleton Gaines)
  • Gilliam Admissions House (Dean Frank Gilliam)
  • Graham-Lees Residence Hall
  • Holekamp Hall
  • Hopkins House/Connolly Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Hotchkiss Alumni House
  • Howe Hall
  • Huntley Hall
  • Lee House, 1867
  • Lee Chapel (more about this building below)
  • Lee-Jackson House
  • Lenfest Hall
  • Sydney Lewis Hall
  • Leyburn Library (Dean James Leyburn)
  • Mattingly House
  • Morris House
  • Newcomb Hall
  • Parmly Hall
  • Payne Hall
  • Peterson Data Center
  • Reeves Center (Euchlin Reeves and Louise Hereshoff Reeves)
  • Reid Hall
  • Robinson Hall
  • Ruscio Center for Global Learning
  • Tucker Hall
  • Warner Athletic Complex
  • Washington Hall
  • Watson Pavilion
  • John and Anne Wilson Hall