University of Virginia Library

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE

Mrs. Smith read to the Board the following report:

The Buildings and Grounds committee met last night and herewith offer the following
recommendations.

• 1. That the architectural plans designed by Frederick Nichols for six houses and the
  apartment house to be erected in the Piedmont area be approved. The plans have been
  carefully examined and are exhibited for your observation.

• 2. That in anticipation of the interior restoration of the Rotunda, a model be made
  according to the Jeffersonian design. Mr. Nichols stated that the complete set of plans
  for the Rotunda[1] and the National Capitol are the only public buildings in this country
  having documentary plans. He further added that the restoration of the interior of the
  Rotunda would produce one of the handsomest buildings in America