The President’s Home is a vital campus fixture central to fostering a vibrant Stephens spirit.
This is the home President James Madison Wood built and generations of Stephens alumnae remember as a special place. Students gathered by the fireplace to share stories with “Daddy” Wood. Members of the Stephens family celebrated the holidays together. Famous guests such as Maude Adams and Helen Hayes stayed there.
Built in 1926 in the popular Georgian style and last remodeled in 1984, the 9,100-square-foot President’s Home is currently uninhabitable and in need of major renovation. It’s not too late, however, to save the home—to preserve its elegant architecture and its place on Stephens’ campus. The Home Again campaign will fund the immediate renovation necessary to save the home with hopes to reopen it as a residence as early as Fall 2011.
Future fundraising efforts will allow more extensive renovation projects to continue, including the establishment of an endowed maintenance fund for future preservation.
“Restoring the tradition of the President’s Home is important to me because it means so much to the spirit of our school. It’s a chance for the President to be immersed in the energy of campus life, to be accessible to the Stephens community, and to create a campus home.”
President Dianne Lynch
