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Gazebo gives Italian flair to rose garden
The Furman Rose Garden, long considered one of the most beautiful places on campus, has a new feature.
Workers have just completed assembling a 19th-century Italian gazebo that is the new centerpiece of the garden. The structure was crafted some time in the early 1800s and was transported to Greenville in the 1950s.
For the past five decades, the gazebo was located at a Green Valley estate. Ted Smith, a real estate developer, donated the gazebo to Furman early this year.
Vice President for Development Don Lineback said the university and the Furman family felt that the rose garden would be an appropriate setting for the gazebo.
The rose garden is named in honor of the late Janie Earle Furman. A graduate of Greenville Woman's College, Janie Earle married Alester G. Furman, Jr., who was the chairman of the board of trustees when the decision was made to relocate from downtown Greenville.
It took workers several weeks to disassemble the piece and erect it in the rose garden. The gazebo's four support pillars are carved of limestone. The iron dome features a rose-like design.