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

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there for numerous years. Monroe Hill was eventually enlarged to include a 12-dormitory addition in 1848. Today Monroe Hill houses administration offices. The Annex, or New Hall, was thrust forward on the north side of the Rotunda on a great terraced podium with tunneled entrances at ground level. This extension tbuilt in 185D housed classrooms to accommodate the enlarging student body. More buildings were built at the University in the mid to late 1800's. Six buildings composing Dawsonts Row were constructed in 1859 to house students. The brick buildings today fulfill the demand for classrooms and office space. Donated funds provided for a natural history and geology museum, and Brooks Museum was finished in 1876. A chemical laboratory was constructed about 1868-69 but burned in 1917. Rebuilt with a second story, it was used as a biological library and later became the Peabody Annex. In 1872, the Rev. R. D. Witherspoon began raising money for a chapel, and the first cornerstone was laid in 1885. With the ' assistance of Christian organizations, the University opened the chapel in 1889. On a Sunday morning, October 27, 1895, smoke poured out of the Annex, and the Charlottesville community fought valiantly to save the building. Because the Annex appeared doomed, they attempted to dynamite the Annex from the Rotunda in order to prevent the fire from spreading to the Rotunda. The effort, however, proved futile, and the Rotunda burned, destroying the dome and the interior. At five minutes of twelve both the Annex and the Rotunda were in rums. The University began rebuilding immediately. Stanford White, an architect from New York, completely redesigned the Rotunda's interior by installing large columns and galleries thus eliminating a floor and creating a large Dome Room. White remained at the University to design Cabell Hall, at the south end of the Lawn. Completed in 1899, the auditorium contained 1500 seats, a Skinner organ, and a copy of RaphaePs The School of Athens painting. On 1951, a five-story addition opened on the south side of Cabell Hall for academic offices and classroomsJ Rouss and Cocke Halls were not long in following. Rouss Hall housed the Physics Department, then the Economics department, and then the School of Commerce. Cocke Hall, originally built as a mechanical laboratory, later housed the Art Department. With enrollment at the University steadily increasing each year, new buildings continued to be added to house the students as well as to serve as academic buildings. In 1890 the University Hospital was founded, and Madison Hall was completed in 1905. The Old Commons tnow Garrett HalD opened in 1907 and served as a dining hall until World War II. When the New Student Union opened, the dignified cafeteria was converted into the bursar's office and was renamed Garrett Hall. Alderman Memorial Library was finished in 1938 followed by Newcomb Hall in 1958 and the new medical complex in 1961. Other important University buildings and their dates of completion are- Clark Hall 09321, Thornton Hall 0936, McCormick Road dorms and Mary Munford 095D, Alderman Road dorms 09641, Lambeth Field Apartments 097$ and Copeley Hill 0975-761 Garret Hall, The Commons

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