| Old Main -- for nearly three decades, except for the long
Civil War interruption, it served as the center of learning for East Alabama
Male College and later A&M. It is shown as it appeared to students
in 1883, four years before it burned and was replaced by a new main building,
later named Samford Hall. Old Main?s twin towers and three sets of
front steps differed from Samford?s clock tower, lower tower, and two front
entrances, but these were lesser details. On a more important level,
both Old Main and Samford Hall seemed to signify stability, strength, and
integrity. -- Photo: AU Archives |
