The Retreat for the Sick Students, or what is now known as Varsity Hall, opened in 1858, a year after typhoid killed fourteen students and two slaves at the University of Virginia. Historical preservationists believe this to have been the nation's first infirmary built for a college campus. In 2005, in preparation for an expansion of Rouss Hall, engineers moved the 600-ton building 185 feet to its current location.
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