The UVAtoday blog noted this past Monday marked the 113th anniversary of fire of 
the famed Rotunda at UVA. The building was rebuilt by 1898 and the improved version lasted all the way to 1973.
An amusing detail about the fire itself was that a UVA engineering professor saw the Rotunda burning and decided the solution to the problem was…dynamite! The result? Yes, it made the problem much worse, but hey – high marks for ingenuity and chutzpah!
For a great online resource on the history of the Rotunda, visit the Rotunda History page. Click here.
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