Rotunda University of Virginia

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Stock #: 23497
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Charlottesville
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Charlottesville (city)
Publisher: Asheville Post Card Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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The University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, founded and designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1816, blends modernity with the classic beauty of the Colonial period. On its first governing board were James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and the Marquis de La Fayette was twice entertained here. Edgar Allan Poe and Woodrow Wilson were students of this university and Edwin A. Alderman, educational statesman, was its late president.

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