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Serpentine Wall, University of Virginia

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Stock #:1174759
Type: Postcard
City: Charlottesville
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Charlottesville (city)
Artist: Virginia Conservation Commission
Publisher: Asheville Post Card Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: C17
Additional Details:
The University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, founded and designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1816, blends modernity with the classic beauty of the Colonial period. Its first governing board included James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. The Marquis de LaFayette was twice entertained here. Edgar Allan Poe and Woodrow Wilson were students, and Edwin A. Alderman was its late president.

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