Manigault Park; a park dedicated to Charlotte Morris Manigault
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Manigault Park; a park dedicated to Charlotte Morris Manigault
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An extensive park space centrally located on the campus of the University of the South in front of St. Luke's Hall, original home of the university's School of Theology, and named to honor Charlotte Morris Manigault (1821-1902), who gave $25,000 in 1876 to construct the building (1878). Throughout the twentieth century, literature about the University celebrated Manigault as a defiant and unreconstructed supporter of the Confederacy who swore never to return to her home after expatriating to France and later England. Its scenic beauty has made Manigault Park the site of University activities and festivities. Prior to its establishment as a park, the area was the site of the religious ceremonies launching the University's "Second Founding" in 1866, when lay and clerical leaders of the Episcopal Church declared their determination to open the University to students within a year. In 2016, the University celebrated the 150th anniversary of the "Second Founding" with a reenactment of the original ceremony in Manigault Park.
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Approximately 3.4 acres of park land on University Avenue, featuring large native trees and a Frisbee golf course.
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1876
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