The College of William and Mary�s Wren Building is the oldest academic structure still in use in America. Begun in 1695, two years after the college was charted, it was occupied in 1700.
The Wren building was destroyed 3 times by fire and it�s appearance often changed but today it looks much like it did in 1732. The Wren Building was the first major building restored by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. when he began his restoration in the late 1920�s.
Some of the notable students who studied in the rooms of the Wren Building are: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Tyler, and John Marshall. The College of William and Mary is the second oldest college in the nation (next to Harvard). George Washington was once chancellor of the college, which is now a distinguished university.
Within the crypt in the Chapel are buried some notable Virginians such as Governor Botetourt, Sir John Randolph and his sons Peyton and John. |
