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Denny Chimes, on the Quad at the University of Alabama, was built in 1929 to honor longtime University of Alabama President George H. Denny, who served as the president from 1911-1936 and then briefly in 1942.

Money was raised by students to…

Located behind Little & Moore Hall, Denny Field was the home to all University of Alabama outdoor athletic teams from 1916 to 1929.

After 1929 the football team moved to the current location and Denny field become the football practice field…

A photo of a night game at Denny Stadium.

The stadium opened in 1929 and was originally named Denny Stadium in honor of George H. Denny, the school's president from 1912 to 1932. In 1975, the Alabama legislature added longtime football coach Paul…

Denny Stadium during the 1964 Alabama-Florida game. Alabama won the game with a field goal in the final second of the game. Alabama would go onto to have an undefeated season and to a National Championship. Plans were already in place to expand the…

The Tuscaloosa High School Black Bears Club donated the lights for Denny Stadium (now Bryant-Denny Stadium) in 1948 so the school football team could play their night games there. Archivists at the Paul W. Bryant Museum said their best guess is that…

Built in 1929 as part of the "women's campus" Doster Hall housed the Home Economics Department at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Doster Hall was named for the Dean of Education, James Jarvis Doster.

This faculty house, built in 1831, was one of the original buildings at the University of Alabama that was burned during the Civil War. The building was designed by English-born architect William Nichols.  The Old Quad was rectangular and designed…

Two faculty houses, built in 1888 and 1889, face University Boulevard. The house on the left is the site of the current Doster Hall and the other on the site of Reese Phifer Hall on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa.

Built around 1835, Franklin Hall was a dormitory at the University of Alabama that was burned in 1865 when Union Troops came through Tuscaloosa. The site of Franklin Hall was shaped into a mound and has been used for tapping during honor ceremonies.…

A photograph of the Chi Phi fraternity in 1928. The Tau chapter of Chi Phi was organized at the University of Alabama in 1920.

This photograph was in an album lacking identification. The identity of Woolsey is unknown.