Longwood Blueprints and Building Plans

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

Access to blueprints may be limited, please contact the archivist to discuss options for accessing blueprint collections.

Summary

Extent:
48 Linear Feet oversize blueprints in 17 flat file drawers
Creator:
Longwood University. Campus Planning and Construction
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes blueprints and building plans for Longwood buildings that have been renovated or are no longer on campus. These are the historical blueprints for these buildings and do not reflect the current layout or structure of buildings. Buildings included French, Swimming Pool, Moss (Curry), Johns (Frazier), Jarman, Crafts House, Training School (Hiner), Wynne Training School, Grainger, Rotunda, Stubbs, Wheeler, Cox.

Biographical / historical:

The Longwood Blueprints and Building Plans collection was created or compiled by Longwood University for the construction and renovation of dormitories, academic buildings, and other facilities on campus. The collection includes building site plans, renovation and replacement plans, roof repair plans, floor plans created between 1902 and 2020 at Longwood University. The buildings included are Cox, Wheeler, Stubbs, Crafts House, Cunninghams, French, Swimming Pool, Athletic Fields (Iler), Grainger, Frazier and Curry (Johns and Moss), Training School (Hiner), Jarman, Library (Lancaster and Greenwood), Rotunda (Ruffner), Tabb, Wynne Lab School, and the Central Heating Plant.

Custodial history:

This collection was transfered to Archives and Special Collections from Operations and Services in July of 2021. Blueprints transfered to the archives were from buildings that had been demolished, or fully rennovated.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard