Virginia Commonwealth University
Exhibits Tompkins-McCaw Library Special Collections & Archives
VCU Libraries

75 Years on 12th Street

1970-1979

1970

1970: Librarian Caywood Garrett, Reference Desk

1974

1974: Three-Floor Addition Dedicated

The new addition to Tompkins-McCaw Library opened on October 11, 1974. Built at a cost of $2.2 million, it nearly tripled the size of the existing facility, adding 40,500 square feet of space.

1974

1974: Reference Desk, New Addition

1974

1974: Circulation Desk, New Addition

1974

1974: Second Floor, New Addition

1977

1977: Front Entrance

1979

1979: 12th Street with Main Hospital Under Construction

1970s

1970s

1960s 1980s