 The University began construction in 1910 on Lucas Hill and spent $59,000 before halting construction when no additional funds were available.In the interim, the partially-completed building served as home to the Bulldogs men's basketball team from 1911 to 1919.Athens businessman and alumnus Harry Hodgson (class of 1893) renewed construction on the building at the conclusion of World War I by leading an Alumni Committee fundraising campaign to complete the building in honor of those UGA students that served and died in the war.