Lucy Cobb Institute

Lucy Cobb Institute
Location
Map
200 Block, North Milledge Avenue

Athens
,
Georgia

United States
Information
Established1859
FounderThomas R.R. Cobb
Closed1931
Lucy Cobb Institute Campus
Lucy Cobb Institute is located in Georgia
Lucy Cobb Institute
Lucy Cobb Institute is located in the United States
Lucy Cobb Institute
Location200 N. Milledge Ave., University of Georgia campus, Athens, Georgia
Coordinates33°57′22″N 83°23′23″W / 33.95611°N 83.38972°W / 33.95611; -83.38972
Built1858
ArchitectW.W. Thomas
Architectural styleEarly Republic, Octagon Mode, Regency
NRHP reference No.72000377 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972
Seney–Stovall Chapel

The Lucy Cobb Institute was a girls' school on Milledge Avenue in Athens, Georgia, United States. It was founded by Thomas R.R. Cobb, and named in honor of his daughter, who had died of scarlet fever[2] at age 14,[3] shortly before construction was completed and doors opened;[4] it was incorporated in 1859.[5] The cornerstone for the Seney-Stovall Chapel was laid in May 1882,[6] and the octagonal building was dedicated in 1885.[7] The school closed in 1931.

The campus of the Lucy Cobb Institute was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972. Today, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia is housed in the former Lucy Cobb Institute.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Boney, F.N. (1989). A Walking Tour of the University of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-8203-1081-6. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  3. ^ Adams, Herbert Baxter (1889). "Miscalleneous Institutions". Education in Georgia. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. pp. 110–12.
  4. ^ Jones, Charles Edgeworth (1889). Herbert Baxter Adams (ed.). Education in Georgia. Contributions to American educational history. Vol. 5. pp. 110–112.
  5. ^ Georgia (1860). "Act to incorporate the Lucy Cobb Institute for the education of ladies in the town of Athens". Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  6. ^ "Seney-Stovall Chapel History". Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
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