University of Virginia Library

ROTUNDA RESTORATION

Mrs. Smith discussed the projected restoration of the Rotunda to its original Jeffersonian plan
of three large oval rooms on the main floor with an upper dome room built to the scale of the
interior of the Pantheon at Rome. Mrs. Smith spoke of the long hope of finding funds for the
restoration, and reported a suggestion by President Darden that a model of the original interior be
constructed to show the original proportions.

The Board resolved that the President by authorized to have a model constructed showing the
original arrangement of the Rotunda rooms