Thanks to a gift from "Jockey John" Robinson, work begins on the Center Building, known for many years as Washington College Building, and later as Washington Hall.
July: The Washington College catalogue indicates that "the necessary expenses of a student for one year, exclusive of clothing, books, and contingencies, are as follows: Diet, $38 per Session; Tuition $15 per Session; Room Rent…[$10]; Bed hire, $8 per annum; Washing, $10; Fire & Candles…$7. Total for one year, $141.00…The Collegefees are required each Session in advance; payment for diet, which is had in genteel private families, is generally expected in advance."
Construction begins on homes for faculty on either side of the Colonnade.
Matthew Kahle's eight-foot-tall carved wooden statue of George Washington is raised to the top of Washington Hall.
Judge John W. Brockenbrough established the Lexington Law School the origin of the W&L School of Law