University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Hikenutty
N 38° 02.168 W 078° 30.190
17S E 719124 N 4212766
Quick Description: Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and the campus design was something he considered to be a retirement project. The jewel of the campus is the Rotunda, a 2/3 scale version of the Pantheon.
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 7/5/2008 4:38:51 PM
Waymark Code: WM44C5
Published By: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 27

Long Description:
The following excerpt is by Spiro Kostof's book, "A History of Architecture", p 625:
In the project for the University of Virginia, the first state university in the country, Jefferson built the Pantheon, at two-thirds of the scale, at the head of a rising mall flanked by interlinked columnar pavilions. This Rotunda housed the library, while in the pavilions, representing individual disciplines, professors lived and held their classes. Each pavilion demonstrated the correct use of a different Roman order or some variant of it, the campus thus keeping before the students' eyes the full spectrum of Classical design. One pavilion was patterned after Ledoux. There was also in this concept of independent pavilions, formally arrayed in a Neoclassical composition, perhaps something of an analogue for the federal union as Jefferson saw it—self-governing states working together for the common national good.
City, State or City, Country: Charlottesville, VA

Year Built: 1826

Architect: Thomas Jefferson

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