The board charged the firm with redesigning the Rotunda and enclosing the south end of the Lawn with three new buildings, which came to be Rouss, Cocke, and Cabell halls. Jefferson had designed the Rotunda with three floors, and Stanford White changed it to two floors, making the Dome Room much bigger. He also designed east and west wings on the north side of the building, to match the south wings, and he connected the wings with colonnades.
He designed the Rotunda with central heating and a mechanized ventilation system. While the central heat was retained, the ventilation system was scrapped because of cost.
The oval rooms in the basement level would serve as reading and reference rooms for the two-story library with galleries ringing the central atrium. The Board of Visitors insisted that the Rotunda be constructed of fireproof materials. White commissioned Rasfael Guastavino to create a vault of clay tiles for the interior structure of the dome. More fire-resistant than concrete or steel, the vault was also impervious to rot, insects, and the elements.
The building was dedicated in , though some details were not yet completed. The previously rough-cut capitals were finished in , carved in place after the University received a donation to complete the work. In , Alderman Library opened, assuming the role of the primary library on the Grounds.
Kimball had been a professor of art and architecture from to The cryptoporticus — the ground-level covered passage in the south wing — was created and cast-stone balustrades on the terrace were replaced with marble, as were the hard sandstone steps on the south side of the Rotunda.
Professor Frederick D. In , the board approved a plan to do so, but also specified that it be paid for with private funds — which took another 15 years to raise. In , the Board of Visitors selected architects Ballou and Justice of Richmond to prepare restoration plans. The two companies had worked together in Manchester. Birmingham-based Glenn only has to look out of his office window to see Rotunda, clearly visible against the skyline. Work started on site in and it took approximately two and a half years to lovingly restore the building.
Jim Roberts envisaged having floor-to-ceiling windows in the original design, but these were replaced with half windows due to budget constraints. The current building not only has floor-to-ceiling windows but it has ones that open fully like French windows with Juliet balconies plus wraparound balconies on the top floor.
There was a three-hour sales frenzy in when every residential apartment was sold. Allocated on a first come first served basis, the queue of potential buyers stretched around the building. Historical Tours: Regular historical tours are offered at am every day during the academic year except home football game days and leave from the Rotunda's Lower East Oval Room.
Tours are free of charge. Student Study Hours : During fall and spring semesters the Rotunda is open to students for studying from p. Sunday - Tuesday, and until midnight during exams. A longtime tradition established by students in the late s, Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn is not only a highly anticipated event for the University each year, it is also open to and eagerly awaited by children and families from the local community.
Lincoln-signed copies of both the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment and a document handwritten by Frederick Douglass will be exhibited in the North Oval Room of the Rotunda. Rector of the Board of Visitors Frank M.
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