Lost Auburn

Auburn University's history comes alive in Lost Auburn.

-- David Ingram * Auburn Plainsman *

The authors' affectionate regard for their hometown is unmistakable in a book that manages to instruct while bringing people and places to life again. Lost Auburn also reminds us of how we shape our built environments and are in turn shaped by them.

-- Robert S. Gamble, senior architectural historian, Alabama Historical Commission

Lost Auburn is a unique history of the town and university which describes in loving specificity the many people and places that make Auburn special. Sadly, the book also details the loss of the very characteristics that created Auburn’s original sense of place, and questions why we must 'lose them to appreciate their worth.'

-- Dan Bennett, Dean Emeritus, Auburn University College of Architecture

A thought-provoking book that graphically illustrates how incremental change, over a period of many years, can significantly alter a community's sense of place. Communities can use this book as a template to record their architectural treasures that have been lost to fire, nature, neglect, or, simply, poor planning.

-- Doug Purcell, Executive Director Emeritus, Historic Chattahoochee Commission

A perfect blend of scholarship, humor, and insightful musings about the evolution and spirit of a place.

-- Alice Bowsher * author of Alabama Architecture: Looking at Building and Place and Community in Alabama: Architecture for Living Together *

Though the past can’t be physically brought back, visual and written reminders such as those collected here can bring back sweet, sometimes sad, memories. Both are valuable to the psyche. I’m sure readers now and in the future will join me in thanks to the authors and publisher of Lost Auburn. I love this book!

-- Mary Ward Brown * author of Tongues of Flame and It Wasn't All Danci