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Buildings
The built environment of the University of Vermont includes structures which
range from those of major architectural significance (H.H.Richardson's Billings
Library, 1883-85, and McKim, Mead and White's Southwick Memorial, 1934) to those
whose functional design is transparent and less significant (the bus shelter
in front of the Royall Tyler Theatre). Included in this survey of major buildings
are structures whose functions reveal the changing curricular emphasis of
the University in terms of scale, placement, and style. For a complete listing
of University of Vermont Campus Treasures and University of Vermont Buildings
see Professor Thomas Visser's web site.
Old Mill is sited on the east side of the Campus Green, directly aligned with College
Street and downtown Burlington. Erected in 1825, Old Mill replaced the original
College Edifice, which was destroyed by fire on May 27, 1824. The College Edifice
was begun in 1800 and completed in 1807. It was constructed of local brick and stood
as Jeffrey Marshall has noted...
A gift in part from Katherine Wolcott in memory of her uncle, Robert Hull Fleming
(UVM, Class of 1862), and of UVM Trustee James B. Wilbur whose collection of Vermontiana
was housed in the Museum until 1960, the beaux-arts classical style Museum was
designed by...
Sited at the elevated southeast corner of Main Campus, the George D. Aiken Center for Natural
Resources is a three-storied structure of glass and brick, housing faculty offices, instructional
space, a sophisticated computer facility, and ten research laboratories. A dramatic sloped...
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