Fifty Years in Homewood
![text](graphics/davisvision.jpg)
When enrollment increased, Major Harwell G. Davis had a vision for a new and more accommodating campus.
![pre-development photo of land](graphics/Homewoodsite.jpg)
During the early 1950's a site for the new campus was found.
![group photo](graphics/groundbreaking_1953.jpg)
Groundbreaking for the new Homewood campus was in 1953. L-R on ground: Contractor D.W. Ellard, Architect Charles B. Davis, Architect E.B. Van Keuren, John H. Buchanan, college Business Manager John G. Burton, and college Dean Percy Pratt Burns. L-R on tractor: Board of Trustees President Frank Park Samford, Sr., Trustee Paul A. Redmond, President Davis and his grandson Bill Eshelman.
![Troy Scogin and June Bailey](graphics/homewoodcampus.jpg)
Senior Troy Scogin and Freshman June Bailey look down on the newly paved intersection that would become Montague Drive and Sherman Circle.
![Administration building](graphics/adminbuilding.jpg)
The first building to be constructed was the Administration building. It was named in honor of Frank Park Samford, who lent the backing for the initial move.
![Homewood campus, 1957](graphics/HowardCampus1957c.jpg)
The New Homewood campus as it was in January 1957. Classes did not begin on the new campus until September.
Resources
- Entre Nous 1958
- History of Samford
- Howard Alumnus 1953 - 1957
- Special Collection, Samford University Library, SCAV 1065 Campus Aerial Views