UGA's past a present concern
by Athens Banner Herald
Aug 21, 2011 | 838 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Local and national historic preservation groups say the University of Georgia should prepare a historic preservation plan to avoid future controversies like the debate over whether UGA should save or tear down one of the school's oldest residence halls, Rutherford Hall.

A 20-year-old Georgia law and state Board of Regents policy require state agencies like UGA to prepare historic preservation plans, but UGA has never filed one, according to records in the state Historic Preservation Division, part of the Department of Natural Resources.

"If they'd gone through that process, it's hard for me to believe they would have put a red X on Rutherford Hall," said Amy Kissane, executive director of the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation. "It seems like now they're almost considering Rutherford in a vacuum."

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