Restoration Internships
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| Historic landscape interns conceived and implemented a trompe l'oeil fence surrounding the restoration and construction work at the Rotunda in 2000. |
Providing each pavilion with a different set of classical details, Thomas
Jefferson designed the University's first buildings to serve
as models for architectural instruction. Today his Academical Village
continues to play an educational role, serving as a laboratory where
students are exposed to the latest techniques and standards of historic
preservation.
Student interns Scott Sottile and Bronwen Ferguson took part in the restoration
of Lawn rooms and of Pavilion VII in the summer of 1999. When restoration
of the stone decks around the Rotunda began in the summer of 2000,
interns Erin Hannegan and Katherine Dyll conceived and executed
an ingenious design for a painted plywood fence surrounding the
construction. The fence appears to be the actual walls of the building,
with such details as fan windows, keystones, red bricks, and climbing
ivy. Ms. Hannegan and Ms. Dyll also assisted in the renovation,
maintenance, and restoration work on Pavilion VII and the student
rooms between Pavilion III and Pavilion V. Marissa Cato and Steve
Cornell worked in the summer of 2001 to restore student rooms East
Lawn 36-52 and to prepare measured drawings for Hotel C.
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| Historic Landscape interns worked with the Landscape Architect of the University to document the evolution of the Grounds from 1932 to 1946. |
Historic landscape student interns, meanwhile, investigated and documented the evolution
of the University Grounds.
In the summer of 1999, Chad Nelson, Sarah
Dreller, and Jennifer Mauss explored what the Grounds were like
during the presidency of Edwin Anderson Alderman from 1917 to 1931.
Historic landscape interns Courtney LaRuffa, Tim Kerr, and Danny
MacNelly in the summer of 2000 investigated the years 1932 to 1946,
when John Lloyd Newcomb was president.
Spencer Hayneworth and Jaime
Lawson, in the summer of 2001, researched the development of the
University landscape during the yeara of Colgate Darden's
presidency, 1947 to 1959.
Many changes occurred during these years:
expansion of the University into North Grounds, construction of
New Cabell Hall, and restoration of the pavilion gardens. Each intern
conducted individual research and/or drawing projects related to
the landscapes in these years. |
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