Washington and Lee University Historic District

Washington and Lee University Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Washington and Lee University Historic District
nrhp_type = nhld



caption =
location= W and L University campus, Lexington, Virginia
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1824
architect= Jordan,John
architecture= Greek Revival, Other
designated= November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1185&ResourceType=District
title=Washington and Lee University Historic District |accessdate=2008-04-23|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=71001047

Washington and Lee University Historic District is a historic district that includes a set of buildings on the campus of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

The row of brick buildings that form the Front Campus, which trace to 1824, is a U.S. Separately, the Lee Chapel is also a National Historic Landmark.

The noted British writer John Cowper Powys once called W&L the "most beautiful college campus in America." The poet and dramatist John Drinkwater remarked, "If this scene were set down in the middle of Europe, the whole continent would flock to see it!"

Lee Chapel is designated as a National Historic Landmark on its own.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/71001047.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Washington and Lee University Historic District] |32 KB|date=Undated |author=Unsigned |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/71001047.pdf "Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, from 1969 and 1971"] |32 KB] citation|title=PDFlink| [ National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Washington and Lee University Historic District] |32 KB|date=October 6, 1970 |author=Staff, Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, James W. Moody, Jr., Director |publisher=National Park Service]

Here is a [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Lexington/Washington_Lee.pdf Map of historic district, at Virginia DHR]

References

External links

* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Lexington/WashingtonLeeHD_photo.htm Washington and Lee University, Lexington, one photo at Virginia DHR]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0000 __: __ photos, __drawings, __data pages and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey


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