A BRIEF HISTORY OF WASHINGTON AND LEE - Society for ...

WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITYLEXINGTON, VIRGINIAFigure 18: Ralph Griswold 1973 Landscape plan based on Charles Gillette plan of 1934. (Source: Dorothy Hunt Williams, Historic VirginiaGardens: Preservations by the Garden Club of Virginia.)In 1977, the Warner Center was added to the rear of the DoremusGymnasium. Landscape changes made during this time included asemi-circular entrance court and plantings in front of the Chapel,designed by Ralph E. Griswold, and installed in 1977 (see fi gure18).In 1983, one of the faculty houses adjacent to the Colonnade tothe north was converted into the Reeves Center for Research andExhibition of Porcelain and Paintings. In 1984 a fraternity house, PhiGamma Delta, at Preston Street and Jackson Avenue, was damagedby fire and became the catalyst for a renaissance in fraternityhousing. After more than two years of construction, the Gaines HallResidence was opened in 1988. In 1990, fraternity houses at RedSquare were renovated under the Fraternity Renaissance Program.The Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts was opened in 1991. In1994, a second landscaping project of the Garden Club of Virginiawas a Colonial Revival garden designed as a public garden by RudyJ. Favretti and installed around the Lee House—residence of thepresident of the University.2-24