Place Description:
The Sylvan Theater is a beautiful, hidden grassy stage that holds four white columns that once graced the front stoop of the original university building.
In 1908, when the original structure was about to be razed, Edmond S. Meany--head of the History Department and one of the university's first graduates--sought to save the old building by having it moved to the new campus. Eventually, the hand-fluted cedar columns were preserved and erected at the new site by the Class of 1911. Sentimental Edmond Meany and his colleague Dean Herbert T. Condon dubbed the Ionic pillars "Loyalty," "Industry," "Faith," and "Efficiency," the first letters spelling "LIFE."
More info at: http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/tour/sylvan.html
Individual View Descriptions:EntranceTunnel, facing SE:
- This little "tunnel" shelters the Theater from view, from most angles. Turn to the right to see a very interesting pair of trees.
EntranceTunnel, facing SW:
- It looks like one tree is hugging another!
JustOutside, facing NE:
- The Electrical Engineering Building
JustOutside, facing West:
- Chemistry Building and Bagley Hall
JustOutside, facing NW:
- Drumheller Fountain (Frosh Pond)
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