{"592886":{"#nid":"592886","#data":{"type":"news","title":"History on Ferst Leads to Campus Evolution","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis summer, a\u0026nbsp;75-year-old house located at 401 Ferst Drive will be taken down to create more green space and to support the ongoing transformation of the north sector of campus. The small, camouflaged house on Ferst Drive, just west of Dalney Street, is unnoticeable to many\u0026nbsp;passers-by, but its long and evolving history is woven into the fabric of the campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the house was erected in 1942, it\u0026nbsp;served\u0026nbsp;as a parsonage for the Hemphill Avenue Church of God with eight rooms and two bathrooms.\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech purchased the properties in 1965. The church was\u0026nbsp;eventually transformed into the Georgia Tech Center for the Performing Arts in 1968.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESoon the Center acted as the sole theater for DramaTech, the longest-running theater\u0026nbsp;company in Atlanta. Prior to the purchase of the building, DramaTech students struggled to find a permanent venue for performances.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The official establishment of the DramaTech Theater was an integral part to the development of arts at Tech,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;said\u0026nbsp;Marilyn Somers, director of the Georgia Tech Living History Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the past two decades, the house has provided office space for various departments including the Procurement Office, Environmental Health \u0026amp; Safety, and the Georgia Tech Police Department. It also supported the Georgia Tech chapter of\u0026nbsp;Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity. For the last few years, though, the building has remained vacant.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen identifying methods to increase green space and move the Institute closer to its 50 percent stormwater runoff reduction goal, the house and adjacent parking areas were prime locations for transformation. As of June 22, construction fences have been erected, and efforts to deconstruct the building are underway. Many foundational parts of the house, including some of the dimensional lumber and granite, will be used in the construction of the new Living Building at Georgia Tech, which will be built near the site. Most of the remnants of the house will soon be gone, but its history and role in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s evolution will always be valued.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Redefining History"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe small, camouflaged house on Ferst Drive, just west of Dalney Street, has a long and evolving history woven into the fabric of the campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The small, camouflaged house on Ferst Drive, just west of Dalney Street has a long and evolving history woven into the fabric of the campus."}],"uid":"27705","created_gmt":"2017-06-22 17:20:58","changed_gmt":"2017-06-28 15:27:17","author":"Jessica Rose","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592930":{"id":"592930","type":"image","title":"Hemphill Ave Church of God","body":null,"created":"1498249886","gmt_created":"2017-06-23 20:31:26","changed":"1498663371","gmt_changed":"2017-06-28 15:22:51","alt":"Historic Photo of Church in Atlanta","file":{"fid":"226004","name":"401 Ferst_notice1 (1).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/401%20Ferst_notice1%20%281%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/401%20Ferst_notice1%20%281%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":533806,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/401%20Ferst_notice1%20%281%29.jpg?itok=cukxc9un"}},"593019":{"id":"593019","type":"image","title":"401 Ferst Drive - 2017","body":null,"created":"1498573805","gmt_created":"2017-06-27 14:30:05","changed":"1498573805","gmt_changed":"2017-06-27 14:30:05","alt":"401 Ferst Drive","file":{"fid":"226055","name":"Screen Shot 2017-06-27 at 10.11.49 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-27%20at%2010.11.49%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-27%20at%2010.11.49%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2688782,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-27%20at%2010.11.49%20AM.png?itok=Er8krhpn"}}},"media_ids":["592930","593019"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/our-mission-greener-tech-greener-world","title":"Campus Sustainability in Action"},{"url":"http:\/\/emsscheduling.gatech.edu\/landscape-master-plan","title":"Campus Landscape Master Plan"},{"url":"http:\/\/livingbuilding.gatech.edu\/","title":"The Living Building at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"383831","name":"Facilities Management"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1683","name":"history"},{"id":"167862","name":"stormwater"},{"id":"89131","name":"drama tech"},{"id":"1062","name":"dramatech"},{"id":"1400","name":"Construction"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"166867","name":"living Building"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jrose38@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica Rose\u003C\/a\u003E, Facilities Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECeline Apollon, Undergraduate Student of Economics and International Affairs (Author)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jrose@gatech.edu "],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}