University of Virginia Library

Other Construction

Work is also progressing quite
rapidly on the extension to
Cabell Hall, named Wilson Hall.
The general outline of the building
is taking shape visually as
any Cabell Hall inhabitant may
testify. Completion date for this
building is scheduled for December
20, 1968, by the second semester
of next year.

The 45,000 square foot structure,
using the same general plan
as New Cabell Hall, will house
one auditorium, several large
classrooms, numerous seminar
and small classrooms, and many
faculty offices.

This four story building was
designed by Johnson and Cramer,
a local firm. It will be connected
to Cabell Hall by a corridor
from its third floor to the third
floor of Cabell Hall, and from
its fourth floor to the colonnade
at Cabell Hall.

This building was named after
James Southall Wilson, past dean
of the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences and founder and
first editor of the Virginia
Quarterly.