Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Cost Estimates for University of Virginia Building Construction, 1 October 1819, enclosure no. 7 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 4 October 1819

Enclosure

Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Cost Estimates for University of Virginia Building Construction

In obedience to the order of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, requiring of the Proctor “an estimate of the whole cost of completing ten pavilions, with their appendages, the number deemed necessary for the proper accommodation of the whole number of Professors contemplated by the Legislature, five hotels, and dormitories in number depending on the number of Students who may apply for admission into the University,” this report is respectfully submitted to the Committee of Superintendence.

Pavilion No. I—of the Doric order, western range—James Oldham the undertaker of the wood work, Carter and Phillips of the brick work—the walls are all completed, two floors of joists and all the window frames are in, and the roof nearly finished framing.—Estimate of the cost of said pavilion,		$6,000	00	Amt. yet wanting to complete the Buildings.
4 dormitories, No. 1, 2, 3 and 4—same undertakers, the brick work is completed and window frames are in, and estimated at 400 dollars each,		1,600	00
		7,600	00
Of which sum Carter and Phillips have been paid	1,289 60
Of which sum James Oldham has been paid	1,280 16	2,569	76
Balance required to finish pavilion No. 1 and 4 dormitories,				5,030	24
Pavilion No. II—of the Corinthian order—James Dinsmore the undertaker—the brick work is paid for, and not included in this estimate.—This pavilion is about three fourths done, and estimated at		5,000	00
Of which sum James Dinsmore has received	2,326 20
Of which sum James Leitch has received	421 60	2,747	80
Wanting to complete pavilion No. 2,				2,252	20
Pavilion No. III—of the Ionic order—John M. Perry the undertaker of the brick work, and Dinsmore and Perry of the wood work—the walls are up the second floor of joists, which are on—estimated at		6,000	00
7 dormitories, from No. 5 to 11, inclusive; the walls of which are up, and estimated at 400 dollars each,		2,800	00
Of which sum Dinsmore and Perry have received		140	22
Wanting to complete pavilion No. 3 and 7 dormitories,				8,659	78
Pavilion No. IV—of the Doric order.—The brick work of this pavilion is paid for, and not included in this estimate—J. M. Perry is the undertaker of the carpenter’s work, plastering, &c.—this building very nearly completed, and estimated at		2,800	00
15 dormitories, from No. 12 to 26, inclusive—the brick work is finished and paid for, and not included in this estimate—the wood work, by J. M. Perry, is nearly finished, and estimated at		3,750	00
		6,550	00
Of which sum John M. Perry has received		3,810	00
Wanting to complete pavilion No. 4 and 15 dormitories,				2,740	00
Pavilion No. V—the brick work by Carter and Phillips—just commenced the wood work, by G. W. Spooner and John Nelson, estimated at		6,000	00
1 dormitory, No. 27—same undertakers—estimated at		400	00
Wanting to complete pavilion No. 5 and 1 dormitory,				6,400	00
Pavilions No. I. and II. (eastern range)—Richard Ware undertaker of both brick and wood work.—The walls of No. 1 are up to the 2d floor of joists, and the cellar walls of No. 2 are up—all the window frames are made—estimate of the two pavilions,		12,000	00
10 dormitories, from No. 1 to 10, inclusive, same undertaker, estimated at		4,000	00
		16,000	00
Of which sum Richard Ware has received		2,183	97
Wanting to complete this contract,				13,816	03
Total amount required to meet the foregoing contracts,				$38,898	25
A statement of the funds to meet those contracts.
By this balance, as per statement on page 20,		28,003	70
By 4th instalment of the subscription to the Central College, due 1st April, 1821,		11,016	33
		39,020	03
Over balance, if all the subscriptions should prove good,				121	78
				$39,020	03

AN ESTIMATE of the probable cost of three more pavilions, five hotels, or boarding houses, and sixty-three additional dormitories, necessary to complete the establishment.

3 pavilions, at 6,000 dollars each,		18,000	00
5 hotels for boarding houses, at 3,000 dollars each,		15,000	00
	17 dormitories, in the eastern range, and
	46 adjacent to the hotels,
	—
Making	63 dormitories still wanting, at 400 each,	25,200	00
		$58,200	00
	37 do. built or contracted for, required to complete the establishment,
—	—
Making 100 dormitories in the whole, sufficient for the accommodation of 200 Students.

All of which is respectfully submitted to the Committee of Superintendence by their obedient servant,

ARTHUR S. BROCKENBROUGH, P. U. V.

October 1, 1819.

Printed in Report and Documents for 1819 description begins Report and Documents respecting the University of Virginia, Richmond, 1820, containing a 4 Oct. 1819 report by the Board of Visitors and supporting documents description ends , 21–3; internal running totals at breaks of printed pages editorially omitted; between signature and dateline: “To Thomas Jefferson, John H. Cocke,} Esqrs. Com. of Superintendence.” Also enclosed in TJ to James P. Preston, 1 Dec. 1819.

Pavilions no. ii, no. iii, no. iv, and no. v were later renumbered III, V, VII, and IX, respectively, while Pavilions no. i. and ii. (eastern range) were numbered II and IV. For the statement on page 20, see final section of preceding enclosure.

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Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; as University of Virginia proctor search
Carter, Curtis; as brickmason for University of Virginia search
Central College; subscription for search
Dinsmore, James; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
Leitch, James; and University of Virginia search
Literary Fund; University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to search
Neilson (Nelson), John; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
Oldham, James; as builder for University of Virginia search
Perry, John M.; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
Phillips, William B.; as brickmason for University of Virginia search
Spooner, George Wilson; as builder for University of Virginia search
Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Cost Estimates for University of Virginia Building Construction search
Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; annual report of search
Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; committee of superintendence search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building costs search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; dormitory rooms search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; hotels search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion I search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion II search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion III search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion IV search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion IX search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; pavilions search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion V search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion VII search
Virginia; General Assembly search
Ware, Richard; as carpenter for University of Virginia search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Cost Estimates for University of Virginia Building Construction, 1 October 1819, enclosure no. 7 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 4 October 1819
Author: Brockenbrough, Arthur S.
Recipients: University of Virginia Board of Visitors
Jefferson, Thomas
Cocke, John Hartwell
Date: 1–4 October 1819

Reference

Cite as: “Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Cost Estimates for University of Virginia Building Construction, 1 October 1819, enclosure no. 7 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 4 October 1819,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-15-02-0072-0008. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 15, 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018, pp. 102–104.]