Proposal for Rotunda restorations [manuscript] 1835.

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Proposal for Rotunda restorations [manuscript] 1835.

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The plans propose renovating the rooms under the Rotunda arcades into two gymnasiums.

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University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.)

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