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This obelisk stood in front of Banks Library and behind the old Dobbs building and was constructed by President Waights G. Henry, It was demolished during a school wide beautification project in the 1980s.
The following is an Incomplete transcription of words on one side of obelisk, 1963
The old bricks in this column came from
A building of Southern Female College
A Baptist school established in LaGrange,
Georgia in 1842. The….buildings
Buried during the Civil War by…
For a time its work was carried on with
LaGrange College. Rebuilt in 1877 the
college
Continued here under Pres. In 197... under
The name of … College.
Film Making, old study carel in Banks Library, Hawkes, and Dobbs Auditorium