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Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. In the University of Virginia's Academical Village, Pavilion VII was the first building erected, with the cornerstone being laid on October 6, 1817 by US President James Monroe, with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison participating. The cost for this pavilion was $9,399.73 (1817 dollars). Initially, it served as the library, until completion of the rotunda library in 1826, after which it housed only three professors from 1826 to 1907. Since 1907 it has been used as the center for the Colonnade Club, a faculty social organization. Pavilion VII now is the only one of the ten that does not house a faculty member.