Duck Pond with Peabody Hall

It is a man-made pond and home to two swans donated to Miami University. The Ice House was converted around 1900 to a boat house when the water level in the pond reached new levels. The Bridge over the pond was designed and built by Cephas Burns. Completed in 1855 the building in the Background was originally named “Seminary Hall”. It was renamed in 1905 after Helen Peabody, founder of the Western Seminary.