Other http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/other-buildings.html en Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:35:16 -0500 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Lavery Hall http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/lavery-hall.html Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:00:00 -0400 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/lavery-hall.html 37.2311 -80.42281 200 WLH 2012 William E. Lavery     William E. Lavery

William E. Lavery joined the Virginia Tech staff in 1966 as director of administration for the Extension Division. He served as vice president for finance; as executive vice president and was named the university's 12th president in fall 1974. During his tenure, two of the university’s signature facilities were developed: the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. He resigned as president of Virginia Tech on Oct. 16, 1987, effective Dec. 31, 1987. 

He was appointed honorary chancellor and named the Preston Professor of International Affairs, effective Jan. 1, 1988. He was appointed president emeritus upon his retirement on Aug. 1, 1991. He died in 2009.

]]> http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/namesake-images/S_lavery-william.jpeg Other Virginia Tech Golf Course Pro Shop http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/golf-course-clubhouse.html The Virginia Tech Golf Course Pro Shop offers a comprehensive line of services. Located in a remodeled private home, the pro shop has 250 square feet of retail space, locker rooms, a vending area, club and pull cart rentals, and the office of the director of golf operations. Expert club repair service is also available.

]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:03:20 -0400 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/golf-course-clubhouse.html 37.22509 -80.43385 295 GC 1910 Other Drillfield http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/drillfield.html An oval-shaped, grassy stretch of land bordered by trees, Virginia Tech's Drillfield serves as the center of the Blacksburg campus and remains one of the most unique and storied locations at the university.

]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:16:55 -0400 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/drillfield.html 37.22751 -80.42189 Other Alphin-Stuart Livestock Teaching Arena http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/alphin-stuart_livestock_teaching_arena.html Wed, 25 May 2011 12:15:01 -0400 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/alphin-stuart_livestock_teaching_arena.html 37.21929 -80.43991 554 LARNA 2004 Col. Horace E. Alphin and Patricia Bonsall Stuart The Alphin-Stuart Livestock Teaching Arena is named for benefactors Col. and Mrs. Horace E. Alphin and the late Patricia Bonsall Stuart.

Colonel Horace E. Alphin (DASC '34) is a native of Botetourt County and enjoyed several successful careers. After receiving a commission in the Army reserve and a bachelor's degree in dairy husbandry from Virginia Tech, he earned a master's degree in dairy bacteriology from Tech and spent five years as a North Carolina Extension agent. In 1941, he was called to active duty and began a long, distinguished military career in personnel services. Alphin retired as a full colonel in 1967 and began another career in personnel administration with the Columbia Hospital for Women in Washington, D.C., until his second retirement in 1979. He became a successful land developer in Northern Virginia.

Mrs. Stuart and her husband, Herb, were Arabian horse breeders from Afton, VA. When she was 14, Mrs. Stuart began a lifelong career of showing and judging horses. Her husband was a founding director of the Virginia Horse Council, and she served as secretary and president of the council. In 1991, she was named the council's "Horsewoman of the Year."

]]> Other Center for the Arts http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/center-for-the-arts.html Groundbreaking for the new Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech was held on June 21, 2010. The 130,000-square-foot facility will include a 1,260-seat performance hall, visual arts galleries, and creative technology laboratory spaces.

]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:55:27 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/center-for-the-arts.html 37.23234 -80.41765 188 2011 Other Hahn Garden Pavilion and Horticulture Garden http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/hahn-garden.html Established by the Department of Horticulture in 1984, the Peggy Lee Hahn Garden Pavilion and Horticulture Garden has been enlarged over the years to encompass 5.75 acres, with 5.5 acres currently developed. Used as a learning resource for plant material, landscaping concepts, and environmental awareness, the garden features perennial borders, water gardens, shade gardens, a meadow garden, and the Peggy Lee Hahn Garden Pavilion.

]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:50:15 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/hahn-garden.html 37.2203 -80.42447 122 HGPAV 2006 Peggy Lee Hahn The garden and pavilion honor the memory of Peggy Lee Hahn, wife of President-emeritus T. Marshall Hahn Jr., and recognizes her love of gardening and her outstanding service as first lady from 1962 to 1974. The late Mrs. Hahn's talent for entertaining and maintaining relationships with university stakeholders helped make it possible for her husband to transform the university from a college into a major research university. She was a generous benefactor to the university.

]]> Other Perry Street Parking Deck http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/parking-deck.html The 1,300-space parking garage is in the large commuter parking lot off of Prices Fork Road and Perry Street. Parking Services maintains a satellite office on the ground level.

]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:46:42 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/parking-deck.html 37.23086 -80.42565 247 PARKP 2010 Other Theatre 101 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/theatre_101.html Theatre 101 is an academic building with a high-tech black box performance space nestled in the L-shape of Henderson Hall. The lobby and front stairs lead out onto the end of Draper Road at College Avenue. It and Henderson Hall, renovated at the same time, are the university's first LEED-certified buildings Theatre 101 and contains a large performance space with high-end computer-controlled systems, and rehearsal space on the second floor. It is home to the Department of Theatre Arts and Cinema. 

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:12:07 -0400 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/theatre_101.html 37.23018 -80.41634 169 T101 2009 Other Harry T. Peters Jr. Large Animal Clinic http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/peters-clinic.html The Harry T. Peters Jr. Large Animal Clinic includes most of the facilities associated with the provision of equine, cattle, llama, and alpaca, and other food and fiber animal clinical services provided by the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. 

]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:00:40 -0400 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/peters-clinic.html 37.21802 -80.42864 149C 1987 Harry T. Peters Jr. Harry T. Peters Jr. owned Windholme Farms in Orange, Va. He raised shorthorn cattle and greyhound dogs. He was also a judge at shows of the Westminster Kennel Club. His interest in the then-developing Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and the prospects for increased veterinary medical research to help producers reduce losses to animal diseases, along with the need to educate more large animal veterinarians, led to a donation after his 1981 death that established the clinic. 

]]> Other War Memorial Hall http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/war-memorial-hall.html An alumni campaign to finance construction of a gymnasium to memorialize Techmen who had died in World War I began in 1919, and the resulting War Memorial Gymnasium was completed in 1926. Varsity basketball games were played in the gym from 1926 to 1961. The building is home to Recreational Sports gym facilities and is used by the School of Education and the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/war-memorial-hall.html 37.22629 -80.42059 182 GYM 1926 Other War Memorial Chapel http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/war-memorial-chapel.html The War Memorial and Chapel was under construction from1951 to 1960. The upper level contains Memorial Court and its eight sculptured Indiana limestone pylons representing Brotherhood, Honor, Leadership, Sacrifice, Service, Loyalty, Duty, and Ut Prosim (the university motto: "That I May Serve"). Although the memorial initially was intended to honor only those Virginia Tech alumni killed in World War II, the names of alumni who have died in military conflicts beginning with World War I are now carved on the pylons. The lower level of the memorial contains a 350-seat chapel.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/war-memorial-chapel.html 37.22885 -80.42045 181 CHAP 1960 Other University Club http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/university-club.html A faculty group organized the University Club in 1925. The club house was built on land leased from the university and completed in 1930 at a cost of $38,000. It once contained a dining room, which ceased operations in September 1935. Today, the club's mission is to "provide programs to enhance the cultural and social life of its members and maintain a suitable Clubhouse." Rooms inside the 8,763-square-foot house are available for rent including formal lounges with reception area, a casual lounge with a dance floor, and patios to accommodate outdoor events.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/university-club.html 37.22736 -80.41659 252 UCLUB 1930 Other University Bookstore http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/university-bookstore.html Opening in 1975 while stonework was still under way, the University Bookstore is operated by Virginia Tech Services Inc., a nonprofit corporation. An addition was completed in 1984. When viewed from above, the building is roughly the same shape as the Commonwealth of Virginia.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/university-bookstore.html 37.22816 -80.41857 178 BOOK 1975 Other The Inn at Virginia Tech http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/the-inn-at-virginia-tech.html A university hotel constructed in 2003-05, The Inn at Virginia Tech includes 147 guest rooms, 23,705 square feet of meeting space in the adjoining Skelton Conference Center, a restaurant, a lounge, and two private dining rooms. It opened on July 10, 2005. Benchmark Hospitality International, a Texas-based luxury hotel and resort company, took over management of the facility in January 2011.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/the-inn-at-virginia-tech.html 37.22994 -80.43005 250C VTINN 2005 Other Squires Student Center http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/squires-student-center.html A student services facility, Squires Student Center consists of an inner core (the original Squires Hall constructed in 1937) and a surrounding building (added in 1991). The structure houses two ballrooms, a 510-seat theater, a food court and dining areas, various activity rooms, meeting rooms, an art gallery, lounges, music and theater production spaces, offices and practice rooms for the music department, and offices for student publications and Student Centers and Activities.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.vt.edu/about/buildings/squires-student-center.html 37.22962 -80.41796 180 SQUIR 1937 John Houston Squires Other