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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (Click on an image to see the actual notecard size)
The Rotunda
Charlottesville, Virginia
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The Rotunda, which stands majestically at the north end of a long, terraced green space known as the Lawn, was designed by Thomas Jefferson as the architectural and academic heart of the University of Virginia. Jefferson, who died on July 4, 1826, did not live to see the completion of the Rotunda, the last building of his “academical village” to be finished.

In the 1850s, the University commissioned Robert Mills to build an annex onto the north side of the Rotunda. A fire caused by faulty electrical wiring broke out in the annex on October 27, 1895, and spread rapidly to the adjoining Rotunda, leaving only an empty brick shell. Alexander Galt’s life-size statue of Thomas Jefferson was courageously rescued by students during the fire, along with books, portraits and other valuables. The statue now stands in the upper entrance hall.

The renowned New York architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, was retained to rebuild the structure. Stanford White, the project’s principal architect, made alterations that departed significantly from Jefferson’s plan, including the addition of a north portico and wings for offices.

Work to restore the Rotunda to Jefferson’s original design was begun in 1973. The restored Rotunda was dedicated on April 13, 1976, the date of the U.S. Bicentennial and the 233rd anniversary of Jefferson’s birth. Today, the Rotunda appears essentially as it did when it was built.

Text © 1995 Dianne Harrah, Drawing © 1995 Bill Harrah.

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