GAINESVILLE - Work is nearing completion on what will become a Brenau University icon at the corner of Boulevard and Washington at the entryway to the university's central Gainesville campus.
The 17-foot tall, 17-foot wide Italian marble gazebo will serve as the gateway to the front lawn at the historic campus once work is complete in a few weeks.
The new gazebo is a gift of Brenau Trustee Carole Ann Carter Daniel, a 1968 Brenau Women's College graduate. It was conceived by Robert Rytter, president of Rytter Design of Baltimore, Md., the firm responsible for the university's new logo and visual identity, with final design by Gainesville architect Garland Reynolds, FAIA.
The gazebo is designed to represent the four portals of liberal arts learning through which Brenau students must pass, and is designed as a symbol of the strengthened ties between the university's future evolution with the traditions of the past.
The domed structure with marble Italianate columns blends more with the rooflines and other architectural elements of the older buildings on the university's front campus, according to University President Ed Schrader.
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April 11th, 2025
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