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Hugh Hodgson Historical Marker
Photo: David Seibert
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Hodgson-Dodd Park Historical
Marker (Side 2)
Located at the corner of Springdale and Cloverhurst
Streets, Athens, Ga.
33.943883 -83.39505
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(Text)
HODGSON-DODD
PARK
In their Springdale
houses they shared the joys of music and the visual arts with
friends, family, students and faculty.
HUGH HODGSON
1893 - 1969
590 SPRINGDALE was architect
Ed Wade and built in 1941 by Sam Wright for musician HUGH HODGSON
and his wife JESSIE. Here colleagues and visiting celebrities
rehearsed the weekly lecture-concert Music Appreciation evenings
beloved by town and gown alike. From 1928 to 1960, HODGSON --
pianist, conductor, composer, educator and tennis ace -- chaired
the University of Georgia's division of fine arts. He created
glee clubs, a symphony orchestra, and a statewide music symposium.
Hudgson performed more than 1200 personal concerts in America
and Europe. With neighbor Lamar Dodd, he sought to elevate all
Georgians' esthetic taste and enjoyment of music and art. Journalist
Ralph McGill called Hodgson "the Johnny Appleseed of music."
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