Barracks, Virginia Military Institute
- Address: US 11
- Vicinity: N edge of Lexington
- Neighborhood of College, Lex VA in Lexington
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1848/00/00 | Philip St George Cocke | Supporter | Francis H Smith, with the enthusiastic support of VMI Board of Visitors member Philip St George Cocke, begins to secure funding for building projects, including a new Barracks. | |||
1851/07/04 | Alexander Jackson Davis | Architect | The cornerstone was laid for a new barracks at VMI. Francis H Smith worked with Davis to finalize plans for a massive brick and stucco structure, a quadrangle which is to measure 225 by 326 feet. | |||
1851/09/24 | Cadets occupy the quarters at the VMI Barracks. The front, or south, facade (today's Washington Arch facade) is completed. | |||||
1851/10/00 | Thomas J Jackson | Work | Professor of Natural Philosophy, Major Thomas J Jackson teaches cadets in a classroom in the VMI Barracks. | |||
1853/09/00 | Peachy Gilmer Breckinridge | Education | Master Breckinridge enters the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. | |||
1864/06/12 | Gen David Hunter | Union General | Union troops commanded by General David Hunter burn the barracks at the Virginia Military Institute. | |||
1866/00/00 | Moses Jacob Ezekiel | Education | Moses Ezekiel graduates from Virginia Military Institute | |||
1869/00/00 | VMI Barracks are rebuilt and the east wing is completed, 1866-1869. | |||||
1897/09/11 | George C Marshall | Education | George Marshall matriculates at VMI bearing a note from his father to Superintendent Scott Shipp: I send you my youngest, and last. He is bright, full of life, and I believe will get along very well. George's room in the barracks is 202. | |||
1914/00/00 | Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue | Architect | Goodhue recommends the removing the structures not design by Davis and returning to Davis's original plan of a quadrangle with a symmetrical facade. | |||
1923/00/00 | Alexander Jackson Davis | Architect | The north wing of the VMI Barracks are constucted. The quadrangle is now completed largely as envisioned by A J Davis and Francis H Smith. |
Particulars for Barracks, Virginia Military Institute: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Gothic Revival |
Historic Use | Institutional housing |
Level of Significance | National |
Owner | Private |
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