Extension and Improvements of Washington and Lee University Campus, Lexington, Virginia

Abstract

The extensions and developnents of Washington and Lee Campus discussed in this thesis are considered by the authors as necessary and important to properly open and prepare the way for the future University. The University in its present bounds and the property purchased for extension is accesssible from only one side. The only streets by which entrance is possible are poorly constrncted and badly designed giving an unfavorable impression before the Campus proper is reached. For a Cempus so beautiful to have an approach so unattractive seems most inconsistent. The Campus of Washington and Lee is not only the property of the greatest University in the South but is a historic spot containing the Tomb of Lee visited each year by hundreds of tourists. It seems most imperative that properly constructed approaches be made to a place so historically significant and so frequented by visitors from every section of the country. We, therefore, propose the changes in the road to the Memorial Chapel, Jefferson, Washington and University Streets, making them attractive and well designed from the engineer's point of view. In making these improvements we feel that they are not only adequate for present proposed development but will best accomodate urgent future circumstances involving more far reaching expansion. [From Introduction]