Clark Hall (University of Virginia) explained

Clark Hall, University of Virginia
Location:291 McCormick Rd., Charlottesville, Virginia
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 19, 2008[1]
Designated Other1 Number:002-5149
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.0331°N -78.5078°W
Area:1.5acres
Built:1932
Architect:Architectural Commission, University of Virginia
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 5, 2008[2]
Refnum:08000871

Clark Hall is a building on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was completed in 1932 to hold the university's School of Law. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 5, 2008.[3] [2]

It is the 10th property listed as a featured property of the week in a program of the National Park Service that began in July 2008.[2] [4] Today, the building houses the University's Department of Environmental Sciences and the Charles L. Brown Science and Engineering Library.

Murals

Its two-story, sky-lit, mural-decorated Memorial Library room "is one of the Commonwealth's most significant 20th-century architectural interiors". They were created in 1934 by American muralist Allyn Cox and represent scenes of the development of civil and moral law.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. May 12, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. September 21, 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places, September 12, 2008 . October 20, 2008. New listings. National Park Service.
  3. (31 pages including a map and six photos, exterior and interior)
  4. Web site: Weekly List Actions . October 20, 2008. National Park Service.
  5. Web site: Sandu . Monica . Seven Wonders of the Law School: Clark Hall . Virginia Law Weekly.