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Clark Hall is a building on the campus of the
University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...
in
Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...
. It was completed in 1932 to hold the university's
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. Its two-story, sky-lit, mural-decorated Memorial Library room "is one of the Commonwealth's most significant 20th-century architectural interiors". The building was listed on the
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on September 5, 2008. (31 pages including a map and six photos, exterior and interior) It is the 10th property listed as a featured property of the week in a program of the National Park Service that began in July 2008. Today the building houses the University's Department of Environmental Sciences and the Charles L. Brown Science and Engineering Library.


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{{University of Virginia University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia Buildings of the University of Virginia Buildings and structures completed in 1932 Neoclassical architecture in Virginia 1932 establishments in Virginia