The final structure of the post-war construction boomlet was a building for the Woodrow Wilson School. Expanding the program of the Wilson School was a major goal of Dodds' "Third Century Fund" -- Dodds, after all, was a former director of the Wilson School -- and the enhanced program in international affairs needed a new building.

On March 31, 1950, Dodds announced plans to erect a new $500,000 home for the Wilson School on Washington Road, just across the street from the eastern terminus of McCosh Walk. To make way for the planned 22,800-square-foot building, the university purchased (and demolished) the last of the private houses remaining on Washington Road.