Main Gate and Auburn Oaks at Toomer’s Corner , Entrance to Auburn University's Campus, Intersection of West Magnolia Avenue and South College Street, Auburn, Lee County, AL

2013 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Honorable Mention

Significance: Toomer's Corner is Auburn's town center which hosts celebrations of athletic victories, political and religious speeches, breaking news, and town gatherings. Two oak trees that once occupied the site near the historic Main Gate had to be removed after a rival football fan poisoned the trees with herbicide. Toomer's Corner is best known for celebrations involving the "rolling" of the corner with toilet paper where large crowds of Auburn fans gather after athletic triumphs. This ritualistic event hosted at the threshold between campus and town is an expression of the "Auburn Spirit," and makes the site both sacred and culturally significant to the community.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N78

Survey number: HALS AL-3

Building/structure dates: 1928-1930 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 2013 Demolished

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