 | Board of Visitors minutes April 8, 1949 |  |
BUILDING PLAN FOR UNIVERSITY
The President presented a revised Master Building Plan of the University which was tentatively
approved. The location of the Student Union Building was changed to a site behind Peabody
Hall on the side of the hill overlooking the Gymnasium and Route 29. The location selected for the
proposed Physics Building was across the road from Cobb Chemical Laboratory on a line with Randall
Hall, the front facade facing east.
The President stated that the Local Building Committee, composed of Dr. Ivey F. Lewis, Mr.
Frank E. Hartman, Dr. Bruce D. Reynolds, Dr. Frank A. Geldard, and Prof. Chapin Jones, had recommended
that the space south of the McIntire Amphitheater, which was originally assigned to the Women's Dormitory,
be reassigned for a Life Science Building. The communication from the Committee reads, in
part, as follows:
" . . . after a review and study of the Topographical Map and Master Site Plan of the
University, taking into consideration the fact that the Academic Building will be located
South of Cabell Hall, the Physics Building East of the present Physics Building, and that
the Chemistry Department will undoubtedly be anchored where it is for quite a period,
we believe the most logical location is where the Women's Dormitory is now shown, primarily
because of its proximity to the buildings noted above."
The Board approved the reallocation of the site south of the McIntire Amphitheater for a Life Science
Building.
Possible new sites for the Women's Dormitory were discussed, and it was agreed to request
the Alumni Board of Trustees to assign the Morea Property for this purpose.
| Board of Visitors minutes April 8, 1949 | |