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[[October 27]]: The University of Virginia [[Rotunda]] and its adjoining structures burned. Often referred to locally as '''The Great Fire'''. | |||
::“The first alarm was at about half past ten oclock” (10:15 a.m.)…only the scorched brick shell of the Rotunda remained standing; [[Robert Mills' Annex]], the University's main classroom building, was a smoldering ruin; and two-thirds of the University Library's collection was destroyed. <ref>{{cite web|title= "Arise and Build!": A Centennial Commemoration of the 1895 Rotunda Fire |url= https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/rotunda |author=|work=| publisher= University of Virginia Library|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=May 12, 2019}}</ref> | |||
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October 27: The University of Virginia Rotunda and its adjoining structures burned. Often referred to locally as The Great Fire.
- “The first alarm was at about half past ten oclock” (10:15 a.m.)…only the scorched brick shell of the Rotunda remained standing; Robert Mills' Annex, the University's main classroom building, was a smoldering ruin; and two-thirds of the University Library's collection was destroyed. [1]
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- ↑ Web. "Arise and Build!": A Centennial Commemoration of the 1895 Rotunda Fire, University of Virginia Library, retrieved May 12, 2019.