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[[underline]] GEORGIA [[/underline]]
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^[[+]] [[bracketed]] [[underline]] MEDICAL COLLEGE BUILDING [[/underline]], Augusta [[/bracketed]]

[[image - red dot]] [[underline]] 67 [[/underline]]. ^[[(]] The building was erected in 1834 by the founders of Georgia's first school of Medicine and until 1911 was used as a teaching institution. ^[[)]]

In 1911, when the Medical College became a part of the University of Georgia, the building was deeded to the Richmond Academy.  It was then leased by the Young Men's Library Association and the Sand River Garden Club has taken over the development of the grounds, and within the building,Flower Shows and garden club meetings will be held. 

[[bracketed]] The old Medical College is a fine example of Revival Greek architecture, [[/bracketed]] and now, in its well-ordered surroundings, stands 

"Simple - erect - severe - austere -"

a thing too beautiful to be allowed to pass.

[[underline]] STONE WALL on ^[[ [ ]] UPSON-HOWARD PLACE [[/underline]], Lexington, Georgia. ^[[ ] ]]

^[[SKIP]] [[image - red dot]] [[underline]] 68 [[/underline]].  The Upson-Howard place was laid out in the 1820s and has a decidely New England atmosphere, for Stephen Upson came from Connecticut and brought with him memories of Connecticut gardens and their enclosing stone walls 

The five and a half acres are enclosed by a four foot stone wall of semi-dressed stone blocks, laid without mortar.  A stone wall of this type is very unusual in Georgia.  

[[image - red dot]] [[underline]] 69 [[/underline]]. The grounds are said to have been laid out by an Italian gardener, but unfortunately we have no record of the