E.
Lee Trinkle Hall
Fredericksburg,
Virginia
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Formerly
called the E. Lee Trinkle Library, this building was named in
honor of E. Lee Trinkle, a highly successful lawyer and former
governor of Virginia. Governor Trinkle realized the great importance
of well-prepared teachers and lent the force of his influence
as governor and as president of the State Board of Education to
improving facilities for their preparation and standards for their
certification.
In
January 1940, the Virginia General Assembly authorized funds to
build a badly needed library for Mary Washington College. J.Binford
Walford of Richmond, the architect who designed the other college
buildings that were built in the 1930s and 40s, completed the
plans for the new 150,000-volume library by July 1940. Construction
was begun by fall of the same year. Built by Doyle and Russell
of Roanoke, the library was completed in the fall of 1941 at a
cost of $177,000. Additional furnishings and equipment brought
the total cost to over $225,000. Furnishings included solid walnut
tables for the reading rooms designed by J.Binford Walford and
made by the Virginia Craftsmen of Hiarrisonburg who also made
Windsor chairs to match.
Replaced
by the Simpson Library in 1986, Trinkle Hall today houses the
departments of classics, religion, philosophy, historic preservation,
math and computer science.
Text
© 1996 Dianne Harrah, Drawing © 1996 Bill Harrah.
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