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| The Columns
The Columns are the only remnant of the original Westminster Hall, destroyed by fire in 1909.
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The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury
Twice destroyed by fire, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, is part of the Winston Churchill Memorial. Dating from the 12th century, it was was redesigned by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London. Left in ruins by World War II, Saved from demolition, it was moved to the Westminster campus where it was reconstructed and restored. more. . . |
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| Breakthrough--The Cold War Memorial
One year after the November 9, 1989, fall of the Berlin Wall, President Ronald Reagan dedicated Breakthrough, an 11-foot-high by 32-foot-long structure sculpted from 8 sections of the Berlin Wall by artist Edwina Sandys, granddaughter of Winston Churchill, as the centerpiece of the Cold Ward Memorial on the Westminster campus. more. . .
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| Davidson Leadership Plaza
A large fountain plaza with compass point entrances, dappling pools, and anchored with a 8 ft bronze abstract sculpture, The Flight of Leadership. Named for President Emeritus Robert L. D. Davidson, (1955-1973), who was instrumental in bringing the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library to Westminster College. Built with a generous contribution from an alumnus, it stands to commemorate Westminster's first 150 years of delivering outstanding education and to serve as a catalyst for the next 150 years |
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| Swope Chapel Memorial
Swope Chapel, erected in 1917-18 in honor of Margaret Chrisman Swope through the generous contributions of William Chrisman Swope. The Chapel sanctuary was used for the last time at Commencement 1955. The building underwent multiple modifications to maintain structural stability for usable portions of the building until the building was finally vacated in 1966. |
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| The Aesthetic Stoic
An abstract sculpture in rose marble and Indiana Limestone, dedicated to the memory of Distinguished Service Professor and A. P. Green Professor of English Literature Emeritus John W. "Jolly John" Randolph, who passed away in 1981. On the back of the, monument is an inscription of the poem, The Aesthetic Stoic, written by Randolph as a young man.
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| The Isabelle R. Whitmarsh Memorial Garden
Placed on honor of Isabelle R. Whitmarsh by T.C. Whitmarsh in 1969, it was designed by landscape architect Edith M. Mason of St. Louis. Some unique features of the garden include the wrought iron fence, patterned after on surrounding the London Churchyard in 1720, and the sundial that dates from 1659. |
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| The Hess Memorial Gardens
Carl "CB" Brown Hess, son of Alumnus Gary Hess, '71, died March 15, 2003. He was scheduled to join the Westminster Class of 2007 as a business administration major, member of the soccer team and pledge to Sigma Chi when a tragic accident took his life. The gardens South of Lamkin Drive on "The Hill," have been named in his memory. |
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