The Golden Years: Bibb Graves Center
One of two of the last standing memories of Graves Center, the Graves Cottage on Samford Avenue has stood the test of time. Built around 1920, it is a landmark that is well preserved and the only survivior of the thirty cottages where atheletes and coaches of bygone times lived their college lives.
Vince Dooley, Erskine Russell, Joel Eaves and Larry Chapman were a few that were both student athletes and championship coaches at the highest levels. The other landmark is the amphitheater as shown on the front cover. Most everyone who has matriculated at API or Auburn University has sat around the amphitheater for orientation classes. On football game days, hundreds of tailgaters still enjoy the amphitheater. Most people don’t know their history.
One of two of the last standing memories of Graves Center, the Graves Cottage on Samford Avenue has stood the test of time. Built around 1920, it is a landmark that is well preserved and the only survivior of the thirty cottages where atheletes and coaches of bygone times lived their college lives.
Vince Dooley, Erskine Russell, Joel Eaves and Larry Chapman were a few that were both student athletes and championship coaches at the highest levels. The other landmark is the amphitheater as shown on the front cover. Most everyone who has matriculated at API or Auburn University has sat around the amphitheater for orientation classes. On football game days, hundreds of tailgaters still enjoy the amphitheater. Most people don’t know their history.
One of two of the last standing memories of Graves Center, the Graves Cottage on Samford Avenue has stood the test of time. Built around 1920, it is a landmark that is well preserved and the only survivior of the thirty cottages where atheletes and coaches of bygone times lived their college lives.
Vince Dooley, Erskine Russell, Joel Eaves and Larry Chapman were a few that were both student athletes and championship coaches at the highest levels. The other landmark is the amphitheater as shown on the front cover. Most everyone who has matriculated at API or Auburn University has sat around the amphitheater for orientation classes. On football game days, hundreds of tailgaters still enjoy the amphitheater. Most people don’t know their history.