Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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A training school was needed on campus and in 1927 construction of Chandler Hall began. It was to be used for student teachers and it was called College Heights High School. In the next few years, several new buildings went up at the school. The first one was a dining hall, Seacobeck. The ravine which separated it from the rest of the campus was bridged by a brick viaduct. The building consisted of two dining halls and was formally opened in 1931. During the Depression, the college received funds from the Civil Works Administration. It was used to build walks, landscape the grounds, and later to build tennis courts, an open-air swimming pool, and hockey fields. Other improvements consisted of the gates at the entrance at the foot of the hill in 1936, more tennis courts, and a roof garden over the indoor pool. In 1933, with another P.W.A. loan, more construction got underway. Virginia received an addition and three new dormitories were built. This Tri-Unit was completed in 1935. The halls were named Mary Ball Hall, Mary Custis Hall, and Dolly Payne Madison Hall. On March 9, 1938, a bill was signed by Governor James Price allowing State Teachers Colleges in Harrisonburg and Fredericksburg to change their names. Henceforth, the school in Fredericksburg was Mary Washington College.

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A P.W.A. loan made Westmoreland Hall possible. It was built in 1938. Cornell Hall, a dormitory off of Sunken Road, housed students until 1959. George Washington Hall was completed in 1939. The new administration building housed the administrative offices as well as the auditorium which seated 1,624, dressing rooms, the Hall of Mirrors — a basement recreation room, classrooms, a broadcasting studio, and a roof garden. In 1943, Governor C.W. Darden revived the idea of joining Mary ' Washington College with the University of Virginia. On February 22, 1944, the McCue-Randolph bill passed. The College became a liberal arts college for women named Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia. With this merger came many changes at M. W.C. There were new degree requirements, curriculum changed, and admission requirements were more strict. In 1944 the College purchased Brent Hall and in 1946 it purchased Framar. Also in 1946, Brompton was acquired. Trench Hill, a brick residence and seven acres of land across from Brompton, was purchased in 1947 and became a residence hall.