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Program Design Analysis, Recommendations, Outline Specifications, George Mason College of the University of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia, August 1960.
(1960-08-01T15:52:04Z) Saunders and Pearson, Architects; Anderson, Beckwith & Haible, Consulting Site Engineers; Holland Engineering; Paul L. Gerringer & Accociates; Fortune Engineering Associates
In June 1959 UVa hired the architectural firm Joseph Saunders & Associates of Alexandria to produce a plan for the construction of George Mason College. The firm’s August 1960 report presented the entire concept of the new college to be built at Fairfax. Included in the report were: the Program, which outlined the stages of construction (both initial and future); the Design Analysis, which detailed the site development (use of land, grading, and landscaping); building design (architecture, aesthetics, and construction); and mechanical design (heating, cooling, and plumbing); recommendations, and specifications.
Formative Evaluation of the "Taking On Diabetes" Partnership
(2001-10) Palsbo, Susan E.
A presentation describing the methods and results of the "Taking on Diabetes" community partnerships
Film: Moving out of Bailey's Crossroads [August 27-28, 1964]
(2005-04-01T17:28:55Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Classes began at the new University College in 1957 in a temporary building while a permanent site was being chosen. To satisfy this immediate need, an offer was made by the Fairfax County Schools to lease a recently-abandoned elementary school located on the south side of Columbia Pike, near Lake Barcroft. The owner of the building, Fairfax County Public Schools, agreed to lease the building to UVa for six-hundred dollars per year. The Bailey’s Crossroads School, located at 5836 Columbia Pike, was built in 1922 and had eight classrooms. Though it had fallen into disrepair after thirty-four years, the building was serviceable and affordable. Description: Film portraying the moving out of George Mason College from the original building at Bailey's Crossroads. Initial scene shows the nearly completed Fairfax Campus.
Film: Tour of George Mason College Campus, July 1964
(2005-04-06T15:27:50Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
In this film George Mason College Director, Robert Reid, is taking a group of citizens on a tour of the unfinished campus. The tour begins in the North Building (today's Finley Building) and continues around the exterior of the campus. As the group makes its way around campus, carpenters are at work on the interiors, and painters and construction workers are putting finishing touches on the exteriors. The film ends with a brief segment in which an announcer interviews Robert Reid and an unidentified Town of Fairfax official.
George Mason College, Bailey’s Crossroads, View from the South, 1963
(2005-04-06T18:26:54Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Photograph of the original George Mason College building from the south. This building was the former Bailey’s Crossroads School built in 1922. Parking for students, faculty, and staff was on this side of the building in foreground. George Mason University Public Relations Photographs 1960 – 1972.
George Mason College, Bailey’s Crossroads, View from the North, 1963
(2005-04-06T18:30:56Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Photograph of the original George Mason College building from the north facing Columbia Pike (Route 244). This building had eight rooms. Note the modified sign, which previously read: University of Virginia University College. George Mason University Public Relations Photographs 1960 – 1972.
Classroom, Bailey’s Crossroads, ca. 1960
(2005-04-06T18:33:48Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Photograph of a classroom in the Bailey’s Crossroads building. George Mason University Public Relations Photographs 1960 – 1972.
Library, Bailey’s Crossroads, ca. 1960
(2005-04-06T18:36:29Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Photograph of the Library in the Bailey’s Crossroads building. George Mason University Public Relations Photographs 1960 – 1972
Ravensworth Farm, ca. 1957
(2005-04-06T18:45:10Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Photograph of Ravensworth Farm. The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors rejected the offer of this property for fear of possible noise pollution from a planned nearby airport. This image was part of promotional portfolio of photographs entitled “Ravensworth College.” George Mason University Facilities Planning
Horse Barn, Ravensworth Farm, Ca. 1957
(2005-04-06T18:48:16Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Photograph of one of the buildings on the Ravensworth Farm property. A caption on the back of the original reads: “Romanesque Barn to be Converted for Classroom Use.” George Mason University Facilities Planning
A. Smith Bowman, Jr. and E. DeLong Bowman
(2005-04-06T18:55:20Z) Planned Community Archives, Nan Netherton Papers Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries
Photograph of A. Smith Bowman, Jr. (standing) and E. DeLong Bowman (seated in foreground). The Bowman brothers, executives of the A. Smith Bowman Distillery, made two offers of land and money (in 1954 and 1957) to UVa with which to build George Mason College. The land was located in the Sunset Hills area near Herndon, just to the south of Route 7. Though the offers were quite attractive, and the UVa BOV nearly accepted the second offer, the Advisory Council and the Board of Control (both comprised of Northern Virginians) stood firmly against any selection of the Bowman property, citing its inconvenient location much too far west of the center of Northern Virginia’s population. Portrait hanging on the wall behind them is of their father, Abram Smith Bowman, Sr. Planned Community Archives Collection, Nan Netherton Papers
Sign Raising, George Mason College, May 1962
(2005-04-06T19:02:01Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Photograph of Director J.N.G. Finley and some of the key persons from Town of Fairfax who, at the last minute, helped acquire the Farr property in 1958, securing a permanent home for George Mason University. This sign was erected on the northwest side of the property facing Route 123. It reads: GEORGE MASON COLLEGE of the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA On February 10, 1959 This Tract of 150 Acres Was Given by the Citizens of the Town of Fairfax To the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia As a Permanent Site of the College From left to right: Stacy Sherwood (Fairfax Town Council), Daniel Harrison, Roland Clarke (Fairfax Town Council), Fairfax Mayor John C. Wood, J.N.G. Finley, George Hamill, and Dr. Fred Everly (Fairfax Town Council). George Mason University Public Relations Photographs 1960 – 1972
Aerial Photograph, Farr Property, 1958
(2005-04-06T19:12:04Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Detail from aerial photograph of the Farr tract and its surroundings. Route 123 can be seen at left. Braddock Road (Route 620) at bottom. The initial buildings of George Mason College’s Fairfax Campus were built in the upper center part of the property in this photograph near the edge of the tree line. George Mason University Facilities Planning
Title Deed, Farr Property, February 10, 1959
(2005-04-06T19:15:55Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Photostatic reproduction of first page of title deed to original 150 acres. George Mason University Facilities Planning
Elevations, Building A, Saunders & Pearson Architects, 1960
(2005-04-06T19:20:08Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Architectural drawings of Building A (today’s Finley Building) from the 1960 George Mason College Master Plan showing north, south, and east elevations by Saunders and Pearson Architects, Alexandria, Virginia, August 1960. George Mason University Archives, Facilities Planning, Master Plans
First Floor Plan, Buildings A-E, Saunders & Pearson Architects, 1960
(2005-04-06T19:23:28Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Floor plans for Buildings A-E from 1960 George Mason College Master Plan by Saunders and Pearson Architects, Alexandria, Virginia, August 1960. This drawing details planned space use on the first floor in each building and the total square footage of all buildings. Building E (Lecture Hall in upper left) was not included in the final construction plans when the campus was constructed in 1963-1964. George Mason University Archives, Facilities Planning, Master Plans
View of Stage I Construction, George Mason College of the University of Virginia, Saunders & Pearson Architects, 1960
(2005-04-06T19:26:53Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Architect’s rendering of George Mason College’s original four buildings and proposed Lecture Hall from 1960 George Mason College Master Plan by Saunders and Pearson Architects, Alexandria, Virginia, August 1960. George Mason University Archives, Facilities Planning, Master Plans
Letter: Colgate W. Darden, Jr. to J.N.G. Finley, December 17, 1957
(2005-04-13T17:43:37Z) Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981
Letter from University of Virginia President, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., to J.N.G. Finley, Director of Northern Virginia Center (and University College). This letter, in which Darden thanks Finley for mailing him a news clipping about the site selection controversy, demonstrates how the two chief executives were on the outside of the controversial process of site selection. The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors and the two appointed Northern Virginia boards, the Board of Control and Advisory Board, were the main players in the sometimes difficult negotiations. George Mason University Facilities Planning
Detail from Civil War Map Illustrating the Farr Property, 1862
(2005-04-13T17:53:37Z) U.S. Government Printing Office (USGPO)
Detail from the Map of N. Eastern Virginia and Vicinity of Washington compiled in Topographical Engineers Office at Division Head Quarters Of General Irvin McDowell Arlington, January 1st 1862 showing the Farr property as it appeared on maps around the time of the Civil War. This tract of land had been owned by the Farr Family since the late eighteenth century. Visible in this map are both today’s Braddock Road and Route 123 on the south and west respectively. Also note the inscription “Wid. Farr” (Widow Farr) denoting a house at the intersection of these two roads. This was most likely the home of the mother of Richard Ratcliffe Farr III, a lawyer and Confederate soldier, who built a house and general store on the same site after the war. The part of the Farr property, which became George Mason‘s Fairfax Campus is shown shaded. Atlas of the Union and Confederate Armies, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895
Eye–Level Perspective from West Entrance of Building B, George Mason College of the University of Virginia, Saunders & Pearson Architects, 1960
(2005-04-13T18:08:41Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & Archives
Architect’s rendering of view of “The Court” (the space in the center of the buildings) from the vantage point of the west entrance of Building B, today’s Krug Hall. From the 1960 George Mason College Master Plan by Saunders and Pearson Architects, Alexandria, Virginia, August 1960. George Mason University Archives, Facilities Planning, Master Plans

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