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Georgia Military College was chartered in 1879 and built in Milledgeville, a former state capital, on property formerly used to house state government. Today its students are current and future members of the U.S. military.
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Members of the prize-winning Georgia Military College drill team are pictured in 1887 outside the Old Capitol Building, on the school's campus in Milledgeville.
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The Old Capitol Building in Milledgeville can be seen through the Georgia Military College gateway, circa 1940. The Gothic Revival building became the main facility for the college in 1880. In 1941 the building was severely damaged by fire and later rebuilt.
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Students at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville participate in a chemistry laboratory class. Chartered in 1879, the college developed a close relationship with the U.S. military during the 1930s and was designated a military junior college in 1950.
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In 2005 the New Academic Building opened at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville. The structure features two identical wings joined by a central hall.
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Students line up outside Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, circa 1915.
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The Savannah College of Art and Design, housed in locations around Savannah, was founded in 1978 by Paula S. Wallace, Richard Rowan, and May and Paul Poetter.
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One of the many buildings restored by the Savannah College of Art and Design, Pepe Hall was originally constructed as a school in 1906. Today the facility boasts multiple classrooms and studios and is devoted to the study of fibers.
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The Atlanta College of Art, founded in 1905, was located in the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta. In 2006 the school was absorbed by the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
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Poetter Hall, the first classroom and administration building of the Savannah College of Art and Design, is named for two of the school's founders, May and Paul Poetter. Formerly known as Preston Hall, the building had been home to the Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory before its acquisiton and renovation by the college in 1979.
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Whang Inkie's installation, A Breeze over Troubled Water, was displayed at the Atlanta College of Art Gallery in 2004. The gallery, located in the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, offers shows by a wide variety of artists.
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Students at the Atlanta College of Art pour bronze at the school's sculpture building in 2004.
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