The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-15
Long Range Interior Campus Plans
AT Longwood Furthcrcd By Purchases
College Acquires
Property South
To Madison St.

s lat!0r 70 one Of LongWood Col
lcgc's primary problems, expan-
eo~ within tight midtown property
confines, has followed acquisition
q land and dwellings, adjoining High.
Ely. Madison and Chambers streets
Fifteen parcels Of property. in
cluding u dwellings, have been ac-
CURED by the college with but one
sort to condemnation proceed
nga Such legal action is a right
IF the college as state institu-
non A.. Other acquisitions came in
out Of court settlements.
Only thu service station al tho
Hle!i-fly street corner now remains.
th- new campus boundaries
Of H4eh FLY on the west. Madison
n il.e sauth and Venable street
On tfe ais; The college expects
NJ acquire that site, too, within the
nfa r future
To Close Street
WEB the action has come re-
linqushment Of Chambers street.
from Ely to Pine, as a town street
and public thoroughfare BY the
Town Of Farnlville
TIC town council reinquished its
title IN formal action last Tuesday.
affar getting the report Of a board
Of viewers. J Barge Wall. F w
Hubbard and t, M Whitlock. The
viewers reported endorsement Of
the colleges need
Under the law. title to such land
gqes to property owners on both
sides Of the street which in this
case is Longwood College. The
town retained the right Of perma-
nent easement on Chambers street
providing for care Of utility install
lations in place there. however
LongWood will leave Chambers
street as a public thoroughfare I'M
I'll ready to begin construction OF
it's next dormitory, which will strad-
ole the present roadway.
NV lfUf Ill Sttt
The l85-student dormltory will be
constructed on an north-south axis
adjoining Ely street but facing in
ward to the college When construc-
tons begins in the spring OF 1859.
i VIII advance considerably Long
woods plans for an interior cam
pus front
The Legislature has already APP
proved funds for the dormitory in
its 1880 biennium appropriations
W hen dormitory construction
shuts off Chambers street from its
connection with Ely the college
expects to construct driveways pro-
vidine public access to the rear of
Jarnan H a ! l. the library and
science hall.
The tentative plans are to CO.
operate with the community to pro-
vide as much parking space as
possible to relieve congestion on
High and Pine streets.
Construction Project
This summer the college is com
plctlng its tWoyear project of con
verting former dormitory space in
( the west wing of Ruffner Hall and
the West Wing to classroom space.
Taylor Manufacturing Company is
doing the split-summer work under
contracts totalling $4,000
At present the work is on third
floor of the West Wing which is
being converted to classroom and
office space for the Math and Edu-
cation Departments.
The first floor Of the west wing
Of Ruffner also is being converted
to the same facilities for the Bust
ness Education Department.
Last summer. the first and sec
ond floors of West Wing were con
Verted, the former for the English
Department, the latter for the Art
Department.
J. NJ Wamsley. business mana
Eer. said today that the present
d0rnitory under construction
the south wing of Cunningham
Hall or iumor-senor dorm.
Will be completed August % and
VIII be occupied when the session
opens in early September