Working prototype by Stoa. This is not the official University of Georgia website; that is uga.edu.
University of GeorgiaCampus Web Platform Concept
Visit

North Campus, Athens

The university meets downtown Athens at the corner of Broad Street and College Avenue, where three cast-iron pillars have stood since 1858. Start there and walk south.

First stop

The Arch

Cast in iron in 1858, the Arch stands at the Broad Street entrance to North Campus. Its three pillars represent the three words of the state motto: wisdom, justice, and moderation. By tradition, students do not walk beneath it until they have graduated.

The Arch is the front door of the university in the most literal sense, which is why this concept borrows its pillars everywhere: in section markers, in list ticks, and in the I‑Bar underlines that UGA's own brand kit prescribes.

The Arch at the University of Georgia, three fluted cast-iron pillars supporting a curved span, with campus greenery beyond
The Arch, Broad Street at College Avenue.
Old College, a three-story red brick building with white trim, seen across the North Campus lawn
Old College, the quadrangle.
The quadrangle

Old College & the quad

Old College is the university's oldest building, anchoring the North Campus quadrangle along with New College, the Chapel, and Demosthenian Hall. The quad's brick, white trim, and live oaks set the visual register this prototype is designed around: Chapel Bell White, Creamery, and Arch Black, by UGA's own color names.

New College, red brick with white balcony railings, behind a line of trees on the quadrangle
New College, across the lawn.
The first game

Herty Field

Georgia played its first football game on Herty Field in 1892. The gridiron is long gone; today it is a fountain green on North Campus, ringed by academic buildings and a favorite study spot when the weather cooperates, which in Athens is most of the year.

Sanford Stadium

Football moved to Sanford Stadium in 1929, where the Bulldogs have played between the privet hedges ever since. On game Saturdays the stadium becomes one of the largest cities in Georgia for an afternoon.

The fountain at Herty Field on North Campus, surrounded by lawn and trees
Herty Field fountain, North Campus.
Sanford Stadium full of fans on a game day, the field framed by the famous hedges
Between the hedges, Sanford Stadium.

Plan your visit

The university sits in the heart of Athens, Georgia, immediately south of downtown. The Arch entrance to North Campus is at Broad Street and College Avenue.

University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
706‑542‑3000

For current tour schedules, parking, and the visitors center, see the official visit pages at uga.edu. This prototype intentionally does not state hours it cannot verify.

Why this page is honest about what it doesn't know. A campus template earns trust by citing what is real and labeling what is not. Landmark histories above are part of the public record; logistics that change (hours, tours, parking rates) are deferred to the official source rather than invented.

Photo credits

All photography on this prototype is the campus itself, via Wikimedia Commons, used under each file's stated license:

  • "The Arch, UGA" by JJonahJackalope, CC BY‑SA 4.0
  • "Old College, North Campus" by GAgayle, CC BY‑SA 3.0
  • "New College, North Campus" by GAgayle, CC BY‑SA 3.0
  • "Herty Field, North Campus" by GAgayle, CC BY‑SA 3.0
  • "UGA vs. Notre Dame 2019" by Ugadawgs12, CC BY‑SA 4.0

Images were resized and compressed; no other alterations were made. In production, photography comes from the university's Digital Asset Library per the Visual Identity System.