JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University has unveiled a hand-painted, limited-edition ornament for sale this holiday season.
![image for By Artist Penny Lee Livingston](/etsu-news/2022/12-december/pictures/gilbreath-card-or-2ndlead.jpg)
A new annual tradition, this year’s ornament features Gilbreath Hall – the building
where it all began in 1911 in what was then East Tennessee State Normal School. Named
for Sidney Gilbreath, the college’s first president, Gilbreath Hall is where many
alumni enjoyed a performance in the Bud Frank Theatre or took their first mathematics
or computer science course.
The ornament is only available at:
Bowman Jewelers, 401 W. Oakland Ave., (423) 282-8101.- Monkee’s of Johnson City, 2515 N. Roan Street, (423) 328-9488.
Artist Penny Lee Livingston, who resides in Elizabethton, painted the ornament. For
more than three decades, she has painted glass ornaments to rave reviews from customers.
To learn more about all the holiday happenings at ETSU, visit etsu.edu/holidays.