University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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The next big expansion in housing facilities came in 1859 when six, eight-room, two story dwellings were constructed in the area between Monroe Hill and what is now New Cabell Hall. This complex was called Dawsonis Row and for many years was the most sought after liv- ing area on the Grounds. Toward the close of the century social fraternities were beginning to develop, and the University was among the first colleges to provide separate dwellings for these groups. Since then, fraternities have in- creased their number to over thirty national organizations, each with its own house. Pi Kappa Alpha, 1909 Old Copeley Hill New Copeley Hill

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- b x f M ,r F 3 t t 19 st um; -t A .413. .wlw-A .- Dawsonts Row West Range With the completion of the four new Observatory Houses, more modern housing will be added to the already plush Alderman Dormitories, thus cul- minating a century and a half of evo- lutionary improvement in University Housing. By the early 1840,s, it had already become apparent that the Lawn and Range facilities were inadequate to meet the constantly increasing enroll- ment of the University. At this time, a widow named Mrs. Sidney Carr, who occupied a spacious home on the hill which still bears her name, opened her living and dining rooms to as many as fifty students. Within a few years the University had established a building on the hill near Mrs. Carfs home to serve as a student dormitory, and by 1848 twelve new dormitories were con- structed 0n Monroe Hill, the former residence of James Monroe.

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McCormick Road Dormitories The Glass Hat