2009 Memorial Garden Americus, Georgia
project data sheet PROJECT NAME:
MEMORIAL GARDEN AT SUMTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
LOCATION:
INTERSECTIONS OF SPRING STREET, SOUTH DUDLEY STREET AND LAMAR STREET, DOWNTOWN AMERICUS, GEORGIA
DESCRIPTION:
CREATE A NEW FORMAL SPACE FOR REFLECTION OF VARIOUS MEMORIALS IN SUMTER COUNTY. THE FORMAL DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY A HISTORICAL DESIGN ONCE LOCATED DOWNTOWN. THE SITE HAS FOUR MAIN MONUMENT POSITIONS AS WELL AS A SPACE FOR A FLAG POLE. THE SITE IS FUNCTIONAL YET ADAPTABLE. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPACES AROUND THE PERIMETER FOR FUTURE MONUMENTS.
ARCHWAY CONTACT:
BARBARA GROGAN ARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNITY CONTACTS:
LYNN TAYLOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
DATE OF INITIAL SITE VISIT: MAY 2009 STUDENTS ASSIGNED:
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT THORNTON AMANDA INEZ THORNTON
FINAL PRODUCTS:
FINAL SITE PLANS, PERSPECTIVES, SUGGESTED PLANT CHOICE AND SUGGESTED MATERIAL CHOICE. EXISTING PLANT RELOCATION ALSO INCLUDED.
DATE DELIVERED:
JULY 2009
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Courthouse
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existing photos
view from spring street
spring street looking towards lamar street
view from proposed back parking lot
view from spring street
view from spring street
view from proposed back parking lot
aerial photo
see site plans for final design
aerial photo
see site plans for final design
aerial photo
see site plans for final design
aerial photo
see site plans for final design
aerial photo
see site plans for final design
Memorial Garden
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picnic area
recycled brick
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COURTHOUSE
recycled marble
bike rack
monument
flag pole
monument
materials choice
Landmark Smokers’ Outpost R
Titan B-76 Faneuil Hall Bench (or solid black)
Pink Marble for walkways or curbs from Old Courthouse
Keystone Ridge Midtown Litter Receptacle MR3-32 (32 G)
Engraved or Crushed Brick for walkways from Old Courthouse
Lightposts need to be solid black For Lighting Contact: Theresa Railey with Georgia Power in Coulmbus 706-321-3260 Titan contact information: 800-378-3080 www.AmericanTitan.com Commercial Zone Products: http://www.commercialzone.com/p-32-landmark-smokers-outpost.aspx
planting plan
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Cornus florida Dogwood
Myrica certifera Wax Myrtle
Osmanthus fragrans
Existing Trees
Sweet Olive
Gardenia jasminodes Gardenia
Cephalotaxus harringtonia druparacea Spreading Japanese Plum Yew
Acer rubrum Red Maple
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Abelia x grandifolia
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Glossy Abelia
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Sweet Olive
Cast Iron Plant
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Abelia x grandifolia Glossy Abelia
Osmanthus fragrans
Aspidistra elatior
COURTHOUSE Acer rubrum Red Maple
Aspidistra elatior
Gardenia jasminodes
Cast Iron Plant
Gardenia
Cephalotaxus harringtonia druparacea Spreading Japanese Plum Yew
Lonicera fragrantissima Winter Honeysuckle
Cryptomeria japonica Japanese Cryptomeria
Abelia x grandifolia
Quercus hemispherica
Glossy Abelia
Laurel Oak
Hemerocallis spp. Daylilies
Osmanthus fragrans Sweet Olive
Abelia x grandifolia Glossy Abelia
Gardenia jasminodes Gardenia
Hemerocallis spp. Daylilies
Abelia x grandifolia Glossy Abelia
Hemerocallis spp.
Osmanthus fragrans
Daylilies
Sweet Olive
plant list
Red Maple
Dogwood
Cryptomeria
Laurel Oak
Glossy Abelia
Yew
Gardenia
Winter Honesyuckle
Wax Myrtle
Sweet Olive
Cast Iron
Daylilly
existing courthouse vegetation
to keep and/or relocate
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9 10 11 12
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NEW COURTHOUSE
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25
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OLD COURTHOUSE 17
43
16*
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26-32
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30 31 32
37 38 39 41 34 36 40 33 35
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KEEP IN PLACE
RELOCATE
vegetation relocation FILL IN WITH DAYLILIES
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rear employee parking area
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14 3 25
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34 36
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VICINITY MAP
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ADD LIRIOPE AROUND EDGE
existing plant inventory
existing plant inventory
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