Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1964 - 1974
Historical Note
Courses in architecture were listed in the college catalog as early as 1873-74. From 1928-47, courses were offered in the Architectural Engineering Department. In 1947, the name became simply the Architecture Department and then in 1955, the School of Engineering and Architecture was established. In 1964, it became the College of Architecture. Urban Studies was added to the title in 1976.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Burchard Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-048
Abstract
The Charles Burchard Collection includes personal and professional correspondence, architectural drawings from private practice work, publications, subject files, administrative papers relating to Burchard's teaching at Harvard's Graduate School of Design (1946-1953), as a senior partner at A.M. Kinney and Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio (1953-1963), and from his tenure as dean of the College of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State...
Dates:
1935-1989, n.d.
Clinton H. Cowgill Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1978-009
Abstract
The Clinton H. Cowgill Collection contains selected personal and professional correspondence, writing, incomplete architectural drawings, and career documentation of the founder of Virginia Polytechnic Institute's architecture program, Clinton H. Cowgill (1890-1975).
Dates:
1916 - 1977