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

Appendix FList 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