historic charlottesville tour book
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HISTORICCHARLOTTESVILLE
TOUR BOOK
of Charlottesville, Vrginia
rstortcCharlottesville
Tour Book
HistoricCharlottesville
Tour Book
Charlottesville's HistoricResource Thsk Force
-in conjunction with-
The Albemarle CountyHistorical SocietyThe Mclntire Building200 Second Street, N.E.
Charlottesville, Virginia 229 02
EotroR - Frank E. Grizzard, lr.
DEstcNER - Lorena Perez ofImagine Design.
C,cRrocRApHEn - Jim Herndon.
PHorocnapuEn - Rick Britton.
Puotocnepuen's AssrsreNr -Victoria Britton.
PRwrrR - Lexis Publishing.
Aurnons - The members of the
Albemarle County Historical
Society Publications Committee:
Coy Barefoot, Eugenia Bibb, Vesta
Lee Gordon, Joy Perry, Gayle
Schulman, and Co-chairmen Rick
Britton and Garrett Smith.
ContributorsAc
The publications Committtee members Robert D. Crproject. Special thanks to tDirector Lynne Heetderks,Assistant Directors for MaVolunteer Coordinator Saraguidance from the memberCo-chairmen Mark BelilesFlorence Bryant, Mary Hill
::::l:, ex_Mayor Francis lfl€bllch, Ir., Lprne Heetderl.Lnarlottesvil le Strategic plar
This book would not have stgracious proofreadels, apd,vrctoria Britton, Mary HiJl (Sue Howland, Arnold Jensen
,Y:,o'u:yi:! )oy Perry, peigiyeber, Sully Whaley, and JearUary D. Langhorne professor
The publications Committee rrrrbutors: Lexis publishing,Visitor's, Bureau, the perryNDernarle County Historicalrlecmont.
For FFor information about these, atoric downtown_write to th,Jecond Street, NE, Charlotresvweb-site at http://monticello.ar
The University of Mrginia offerru and I I a.m., and 2,3, and 4:l ,o: Service at (434)http://www. uvaguides. org.
The Albemarle County Historical Society
Membership in the Society is open to anyone interest-ed in the history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. TheSociety invites institutional as well as individual members.Contributions to the Society are tax deductible.
Inquiries regarding membership in the AlbemarleCounty Historical Society, or about its annual Magazine orother publications, should be made to the director, the MclntireBuilding, 200 Second Street, N.E., Charlottesville ,ya.22902, orcaII (434) 296-1492.
lsBN 0-9722733-0-1
o Copyright 2002By the Albemarle County Historical Society, Inc.
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HORS - The members of the
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Gordon, JoY PerrY, GaYIe
Lulman, and Co-chairmen Rick
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deductible.
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Acknowledgeme nts
The Publications committee would like to thank Gayle Schulman, and commit-tee members Robert D. cross and Ann L. Southwell for their support on thisproject. special thanks to the staff at the Albemarle county Historical Society:Director Lynne Heetderks, Librarian Margaret M. O'Bryant, past and currentAssistant Directors for Management Sandy DeKay and Sarah Hamseldt, andvolunteer coordinator sarah Lawrence. we also received much-needed helo andguidance from the members of charlottesville's Historic Resources Task Force:co-chairmen Mark Beliles and coy Barefoot and Jim wootten; Rick Britton,Florence Bryant, Mary Hill Caperton, Bobbye Cochran, Helena Devereux, JimEddins, ex-Mayor Francis Fife, Ben Ford, winston churchill Gooding, FredHeblich, Jr., Lynne Heetderks, Ingrid Smyer Kelly, and Garrett Smith, ur-*.ll
",Charlottesville Strategic Planner Satyendra Singh Huja.
This book would not have seen the light of day if it had not been for our manygracious proofreaders, and volunteer tour-takers: Jean Barnett, Ned Berkeley,victoria Britton, Mary Hill caperton, Helena Devereux, o. Allan Gianniny, Ir.,sue Howland, Arnold ]ensen, Bob Kuhlthau, Lee Lewis and assistant, MargaretM._O'Bryant, Joy Perry, Peigi Rockwell, Charlotte Shelton, Ann Southwell, SueWeber, Sally Whaley, and Jean Wooley. We give special thanks to K. Edward Lay,Cary D. Langhorne Professor ofArchitecture, University ofVirginia.
The Publications committee is especially grateful to this project's financial con-tributors: Lexis Publishing, the charlottesville-Albemarle convention andvisitor's Bureau, the Perry Foundation, the city of charlottesville. theAlbemarle county Historical SocierS Mr. John J. owen, and preservationPiedmont.
For Furthcr Information
For information about these, and other, tours-including guided tours of his-toric downtown-write to the Albemarle county Historical society at 200Second Street, NE, Charlottesville,yA 22902, call (434) Zg6-t4gl, or visit theWeb-site at http://monticello.avenue.org/achs/home.html.
The University of Virginia offers tours, beginning at the Rotunda, every day at10 and l l a.m., and 2,3, and.4 p.m. For more information call the universitvGuide Service at (434) 924-3239 or visit the Web_site i,http://www.uvaguides. org.
IntroductionCharlottesvilie is truly a remarkabie place. With its many parks, muse_ums and art galleries-as well as countiess cuitural events_charlottesvilie, virginia, is synonymous for quaiity of 1ife. Founded in7762,the city is also amazingry rich in history. Forever associated withCentral Virginia's most famous native son, Thomas Jefferson_whosemountaintop villa, Monticello, watches over the city from the east_charlottesville has also been home to Edgar Arlan poe; Dr. warterReed, the "conqueror of yellow fever;" and Anastasia Manahan, pre_tender to the last Russian royal family. Daniel Boone was capturedhere (during the American Revorution), Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis& Clark fame) was born near here, and fifth U.S. president lamesMonroe practiced law here. Among the many other notables who havewalked our streets are George Armstrong Custer, who fought at theLittle Big Horn, well-known artist Geoigia O'Keeffe, and novelistWilliam Faulkner.
Wth this book we are proud to offer l0 tours, some walking and somedriving' that guide visitors arong these same tree-lined ranes. chock-furlof architectural detail, the tours arso provide wonderfur grimpses intochariottesviile's historic past. It is our sincere hope thai oui visitorsenjoy them as much as we have enjoyed putting them together.
Please note that aside from the pubric parks and public buildings listedin these pages, most of the structures described are private homes. Theirinclusion on our tours must not be taken as a license to trespass on pri_vate property.
The Albemarle County Historical Society publicatrons Committee
How To Use this Book
The numbered stops in this tour book are keyed to the numbers locatedon each tour's map. Locate the map pages in the table of contents. Themaps are coupled between tours (i.e. between tours A and B, C and D, Eand F, G and H, and I and I.) The,.While you are in the Neighborhood,,sections include sites that are nearby. Their stops are numb-ered only iftheir locations can be found on that tour,s map.
Driving and/or walking directions between stops are printed in italics.
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COURTHOUSE DISTRICTMap Tour A
DOWNTOWN C' MAIN STREETMap Tour B
NORTH DOWNTOWN: HIGH, IST.AND 2D STREETSMap Tour C
NORTH DOWNTOWN: PARK STREETMap Tour D
EASTERN CHARLOTTESVILTE_WOOLEN MILLS_BELMONTMap Tour E
WEST MAIN STREET /RIDGE STREET DRIVING TOURMap Tour F
THE CORNER TOURMap Tour G
SOUTHWESTERN SUBURBSAND PLANTATIONSMap Tour H
RUGBY ROAD THROUGHGRADY AVENUEMap Tour I
RUGBY ROAD NORTHMap Tour I
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Kmwffi ACOURTHOUSE DISTRICT
i xploitation of resources, not the creation of commercial towns, drovethe initial British settlernent of colonial V:irginia. Albemarle County,formed in 1744 with a courthouse but no town near the lames River.
gained enough p.pulation for the General Assernbly of the colony to subdi-vide it in the spring of 1761. Later, a new centrally located courthouse rvasbuilt atop a ridge close to the Rivanna River, and near the roa<i connectingthe great valley of Virginia to the markets of the Tidervater. The governmentautholized Thomas Walker, local member of the legislature, phl,sician,explorer, surveyor, merchant, and a guardian of the youthful ThomasJefferson to lay out a'd sell 56 half-acre l.ts for a torvn adjacent to the newcourthouse. Charlottesville's name honors Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz-, the b.ide of King George III. other exa'rples of ea'ly ties to Englandinclude the naming of the Rivanna River tbr eueen Anne anil the ]amesRiver for Ki'g James I. In the years since, the community has rveatheredfrontier life' occupation by fwo different enemy forces, a'd has witnessedthe evolution of transportation, eco'o*ic challenges, and social chirnges.
Tours A and B describe a circuit walking tour from the courthotrse at parkStreet and lefferson antl back, about 1.5 miles or about 1.5 hours. Doinsthe courthouse or Downtown sections separately cin shortcn this toui.Take as much as your time and interest allows or stop midway for a snackor rest, They reveal eyidence of both continuify and chttnge aschnrlottesville-Albcmarle has evolved from a frontier neighborhood into acomplex community that is as proud of its past as it is of its newly achievedmodernity. To learn more, cotne by or call the Alhemarle CountyHistorical Society (Tour A, site 1 I ), (434) 296- 1492, or t,isit its v,eb site at:htt p : / / monticello. nvenue, o rg/ a chs /hom e.html.
A wood frame colonial courthouse was built on a two-acre public square ona ridge that continues to the north on Park Street (see Tour D) and west ofthe flood plain of the Rivanna River. comrrrerce was centered around thecourthouse. Two-storied n.rercantiie buildings housed shops dorr-nstairs andresidences above. court days occurred just once a month, so the courthouseserved as a community center ancl place for public worship for severaldenominations as weil as the legal and governmental center. In 1779 thetown consisted ofa courthouse, a tavern, and about a dozen houses. By 1g35there were about two hundred comfortable houses (most made of brick),four houses of worship, three large hotels, one ta\ern, two book stores, two
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qruggrsts, trvcnty stores, and two coaches a week to Alexanclria. Thecommercial center shifted to Main Street in the 1B40s. In lg8gCharlottesville bccame a city independent of Albemarle CountS withr t s own cou r t s and taxcs .
ll::! :*, the corner o.f park and lffirson streets to view these buildings.walk along the park street side ofthe courthouse. Look across park street at
four buildings; start by tooking at the rwo-story on, on tl* right. (Additionarinformarion is avoilable on historical markeriand ht the kiosk.)
$ il"9 "-*iSq-uare.(c.1854) For over 150 years, buildings here
ff :1* pr:l'oed rood and lodging for visitors. The Eagle iuu.r,r,
e a wood frame structure with a porch across the front, *u,standing here by 1791. This brick repiacement continued to servethose gathered for business and pleasure on court days. By the mid_1800s it was not unusual f<rr the hotel to feed 200 people and carefor 250 horses. duriug monthly meetings of thi court. public
forces, Governor Thomas |efferson anRichmond on l0 May and reconvenedln effect moving rhe capiral of Virsini:capture, continued theii pursuit. Oi ttr,son of the Swan's owner, happened to b,County when he saw a British force rColonel Banastre Tarleton headed for (their intentions. Using horse trails and banrgnt- to warn ]efferson, patrick Henry, Fmembers of the General Assembly thai irAmerican presidents, Benjamin liarrisony:t: .,"p,:*d,. among them the reprKentucky, Daniel Boone, who was releasecto safety in Staunton. Tarleton's *.n .p,but destroyed some court records and mil
,o nr.or.trrio*tIT l " i - k , , : r J : - . - ^ r - -This building also served for two years as ,h. t;;;il;;#;ioccupying forces after the civir war. The structule conti'ued as hotelroom.s into the 1960s. It is now off,ice space.
I1T!". "Nothing,' (lS20s) and 6th Street Buildings (1820s_1860s) Built as a mercanrile duplex, this temple_form buildingwith its pedirrer.rt and fine proportions shows how Jefferson,s
Town Hall,350 park Street (lS5l) oTown Hall was built by private interfm, and during the last half of
brought traveling pluir, op"ru singers, inrdancers and magicians to perforir on iruo.nroe Levy, owner o[ Monticello, remo,ern" opera house seating g00. Today it hou
design for the University ofVirginia filtered into l;;; building practice.With surrounding buildings alieady numbered, and no sequence pos-sible, the building acquired the unusual address Jl.o,,Corr., Square.Auctions of goods and slaves were held adjacent to this building and onthe courrhouse steps. In rhe l820s, rhe bri;k buildirrf U"nina and ro the
Turn around to see the rear of the Albermaoldest part of the structure. Then walk to th
Albemarle Co,ntty Courthouse (lg(trrst courthouse was a wooden buildirheld the usual whipping post (restore
right was a storehouse fbr rnercha't lu.n., r.rt.l]N"*t't-r, ,*"ir"s:."^Tjlh
t"".1:u:r. three frame buildings housing a privatety funded vil-lage library, a whiskey dearer, and a s*i., irut i'*ulLr whom fefferson hadenticed ro come to Charlo*esville-from Europe. The iiame brildi"g;;;;;replaced by these brick structures beginning ir, ,h. tg:Or.
300 Park Street (1g32) The present building, erected as a town_house, is on the site of the Swa,r fu,r..rr"ti",ai briefly housedVirginiat Flouse of Delegates in i7Bl. Under threat from British
piloty. It was replaced in reoi iy th...u, *18.As
th€ town's only large public space,pmce, and a meeting place for the Universvrsrtors. Episcopalians, presbfterians, Meth,noldmg religious services here before the tcbeginning in the lg20s. After Jefferson retiwas a frequent visitor here, as were his &ienMonroe. The courtroom remains in use todforms the front, was built just before the Ciz lour rr t
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Richmond on 10 May and reconvened in Charlottesville on 28 May,
in eff-ect moving the capital of Virginia here. The British' intent on
capture, continued theil pursuit. On the night of 3 June, Jack ]ouett'
son of the Swan's owner, happened to be at Cuckoo 'lavern in Louisa
County when he saw a British force of 250 mounted men under
Cokrrrel Banastre llhrleton headed lbr Charlottesville' Jouett guessed
thcir intentions. Using horse trails and back roads he rode through the
night to warn Jeff'erson, Patrick Henry' Richard Henry Lee, and other
menrbers of the General Assembly that included the fathers of two future
Americar"r presidents, Benjamin Harrison and John Tyler. A few legislators
were captured, among thern tl-re representative from what is now
Kentucky, Danicl Boone, who was reieased a day later. Most legislators fled
to safety in Staunton. Tarletons rnen spared the town from destruction
but destroyed some court records and military stores.
Town Hall,350 Park Street (1851) or Levy Opera House (1888)
lbrvn Hall was built bv private interests to serve as an auditori-
um, and during the last half of the 19th century railroads
brought traveling p1avs, opera singers, instrumentalists, novelty acts,
dancers and magicians to perlbrm on its stage. In 1888' lefferson
Monroe Lery, owner of Monticello, rernodeled the hall into a "mod-
ern" opera house seating 800. Tbciay it houses office space.
'[urn around to see tlte rear of the Albermarle County Courthouse, the
ll(lest part of the structure. Then walk to the frotrt of the bttilding'
Albemarle County Courthouse (1803, c-1859, c.1870s, f938) The
first courthouse was a rvooden building costing L375-10' Its grounds
held the usual u'hipping post (restored as iate as 1857), stocks, and
pillory. It was replaced in 1803 by the rear wing of the eristing brick build-
ing. As the town's only large public space, it served as a court, a polling
plice, and a meeting place for the University of Virginia's first Board of
Visitors. Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists took turns
holding religious services here before the town's first churches wele built
beginning in the 1820s. After ]efferson retired to Monticello in 1809' he
was a hequent visitor here, as were iris friends James Madisot-r and Jarnes
Nlonroe. The courtroon remains in use today. The southern wing, which
lbrms rhe fronr. was built iust befbre the civii war in the Gothic Revival
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style popular at the time, with a stucco exterior and octagonal stairtowers flanking the enrrance. Its columneJ f".*1.. was added in the1870s, and a WpA proiect in rhe tg:Os remodeieJthe building to con_form to the crassical *nt" otrr,. "u.il;.;il1" fiont of the build-ing is the Confederate Sofai", rur._oriri *ii'"'O-nze figure titied"At the Ready,,'erected in 1909. Tr;;ffi;re, twelve_pou'der
#ff* cannons like those;.J;;;;";;#, in the civil war
walk westward in front of the courthouse to the stonewa, racr<son statue.A walk around Iackson
lu* Td down Iefferson srreet reflecrs rhe:J:[.#r:#rtottesvifie
in therate ,r*;#;; re00s inro a typical
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fuvenile and DtStreet(1902) Tois housed in the ta fire in the 1940s
Iackson Park (1918) Sculpted by Charles Keck (1375*1951)this statue of General rrro*ul i.^;iir".*ar),'yu.kro' o'lli,l..,*::l
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City of CharlotteTo the far left is thvane.
Walk south past the Jalyour left then westwardN.E. This tour intersect:High Street.
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s you walk west rstill is, a center ftside of the street(1831). Iarer it r
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Look north across High Street by walking to the far side ofthe park.
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f:'":.,ltJne Jast public.lr""g;"s- ln vi;i,li,__ r$vr&rrrorr6 ' rE. ln vrrgrnla took place
l* t l 1904. The jail was in operaiion ,nil tszT.rr ic n^+rn use today.
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i ] : l :1, : i : : l : : : t ,n, t i re. r isht is ihe First Lrni iccl ,vir ir , i ;clrsi i .hr.:rcir ( ! i2.;) .ircrof' r)ovrlg t. this buircrirg, the.hlethodrst ilir.Lli.cii rrari rc,:rrpicll ri.i,'e t l r t ' r bLrr ir l i .q. ' ; orr watei st 'eet. |a.r,v nai iun;r i i r-ader,c, i i i rc i ! i r . ,r l :cr i is;
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l86t, 1,600 men from AAway fi_om the war front, 1fi,nctioned as a General H,9.r1n8 rhc war years. Mosunrversity doctors, men, w(nealth. Arr iving refugees arnat ravagcd the soldiers,March lg65 Union Generatown for a few days.
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g g t,oodloe Mclnlire, wh4 &.Parents. The sratue orravelter (1e241 *u, sculptedafter his death was completedj.t"1"r 0." said ro be from Thc
^,",: yorf srvilily became a fo<
lT" ?to.! of the park, were rhr:r:..1
Courr, severr religious:
o:o an-elenrenkry schoolmam branch is nowhoused in trhe corner of 2d, N.E., and Mar
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1 7r Historical Society, : .?
Hisror ical Sociery ho1,"^.1,-
n,r,?lI collecr ion. Amonlrrc are exhibils on topics of lcrours. .The Beaux-aris style I
:.f;n"d irs doors in te2J as
j.l"_.1": The library building, b,ror by paul Goodloe Mclntire (:
Leave Lee park continlting westrvd
| ) loo rv. Iefferson street
J JE'n#?;v:,1'**rprscopal Church. This was the fir
lj*ff{ffi**##,$*',.,'**1;i*t[_$;", ;$i*i;+,#*l:g';;5*ff*'.''35**j*f*+,mw ffi ,'^1l t ':{-"",,:::, (rsra) Home ro rohn Rus:epS q$ li j l l i,, j l, lY;r6ou, rhe merchanr of n _h--^",i'"* I "1;';ff], li:" l:::n:" l,_ "'_ ; ;;;.;(see Tour A, si,T : ; :, 1",", l": s" i.l, u, r r:'u, Jn i'il" j,ll if;,1' I : "rl;,1 :, l::,*t i,: i:: H;fi :,'*T : : l: ;F :;i::, T: hr 'j','j l'*5:fl:* :1J:.'*:sjl$* I [, ill,lj.,l,T] u11:'.ii J I j : :ff :u:-;:i;: Jt f* *]:y T : -!!ff illl"il ::Hi*, nmii:iJ'.1H:;I:r1J*i*i ji:":l.l#ii'i'1"';:l,Til"il;,*tffi j[:;i,:,:::ffi J:._T."T:r:]]lJji#:I.?.nH::,i j:].*ilx:,t it J ffi il*#,T:*i, j:;i,:iiri ;j*H:;.ff;,#1:house. He *u.' klt"A ui t#;:;::_.
,.newail Brigade, ,..,u,n l;;;;;Cemetery fr.. f.. g, rir.'r',.tut'ottntss
and is interred a "*r.*""1
cross JeJJbrson street b trxe statue of nobert E. Lee and his horse, Traveiler.
The Civil War in Charloresville
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,,iuriiis .11r'rriar-r/atri. i..4osi iveLr: sick i:athcr tl-lan lo'or,inclerd. Tlwn lld
t.inivclsri I'Llut,ii,rlr .r.il, lvornan,;rnd slaves rvorked to iestorr solciir-.t's i.o
hcirllir. r\r'rr,ii.-r:; ri,:ii"rgecs anil rcsicielts risked expos,*r'r: to tile drsr,llscs
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Generai irhilipr Sherieian lrccr,rpied itrre undcli:n,-lci
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'i; ".: I-ee Fark i'his f-"ark r,viih its sta.itee r/,/as another g:fr fron-r. PauL.r (,rrnJlo': r\-i.,-l,r;irc who intended the park as a ineuclri;li to his; F- 1,-i11' 'r ht sr,tirru o,t' Ceneral XLobert E. Lee cm i-ds horsc
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;rlicl his dcrth r,',ns corirpleied lry n-eo l-enielXi (1879-196[). The nili-sloncs ar. saicl ic
'lr i'ron Thomas net.felson's Lather's farm at Shaeli,reil.
'lhrs p.rr-li srvii.ri.' brc;m'.: ; t':r-r,: ui titr' t'rltLrgiltg city" ts;,, 1925, wiiirin
one bkrcli of tire prrr'ii- ,vere fhe i-]r'iginal {ibral-t', the ;Dost o{fice and {*1.5.L)istrict iirr"Lrt, srven rcligro'rrs b,,uiic1ings, an "old lblks" home, a hospi-tal, ancl an elcmentary schooi"
'fhe ]eff-ei:son lViaelisoir l{egionai Liblar,v
rl.rin bnr-rch i:; nor,,'lroused in ilie forrrren Lros[ office and court builCing or:rthe comer of 2d, N.i1", rlrci l\.4arke I Strieets.
t 1 200 2<.! 5,reet, t'1.8" &lleXntire {,ihrary/Ai.beman:ne Colrrinriy,- l l isturica",, Socie'ty (192i) The Albci lar ie Counir,
"lr. .li',;.1 Ilistc:r'ical Socictv l;tiuses ilrl outstant-lillg geneologi, ar-ro.loc.r l hislol i , ,oj icct ion.,{nr ' ; ' lg i , , : ol \er oi l , :r inBs olrf ,n 1-o ihc pi l [ :-Lie rrre erhibi i :r un topics of iocal ir isiory and a val ietv o{ 'giuir iecltours.
' lhc ihru, i- ir l l - ; st,v1e bui iding r" 'r i th Cor: inthian colr inlns
Lrpcrrcd i ts t lools in 192i as ' the : i ty 's i i rst publ iciv -ry;;pcricr, ilihrrrv. The libialj' buiiding, irccits and turnisirings wer:e aiso p:.,Lieil i i l bt, l 'ar-r l ( 'ooc1loc l i lc[nt inc (see i 'or;r A, sl te 6).
Lt' ut t' Lc c Pa r l; e o n l t n u i i t g, r,t e sit,ta" rii o u l affe r :; t.t i t 5t r r u "
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la tOO W. ieffersori Slreet (1E99) The bricli buiiding
$ \ dirgonalli' rrcross frotr thc l\{ethodist Churcir hoLrsed$ 'f;.",,,li
15. lvrlagiudcr -Qanitaririnl, noroi ofilces f-or Christl'i,iseoprl (.hLuch. This r,virs the first i:,o:,pita1 in Chlr'lct!:esrrille
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to be constructed with wide halrs and a stairway for the accommodation ofwheel chairs and stretchers. Two years rater the university of virginiaHospital opened and in 1904 Martha |efferson Hospital was founded.
Cross 2d Street N.W, and turn left (south) on it..
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$ ,*S (,1916) Opened as the city's white elemenrary school,
ffi S the colonial revival school building was named forWilliam Holmes McGuffey (1S00_1873), edltor of the widelyused McGuffey Readers. ih. buitdi.rg ,.-.a u, a city schooluntil 1975, when it was converted into a center for the area,s art
ffiwjl;1Tlirl Local artisrs jn residence have studios in the building, alt of
:,lj:n :::.:::: l-"- 1",-o "bli._whe' the artists are "; ;;;k. il a;il; ;;
:^y:: :1.11t br:iness hours. Numerous other private ril;;;;;;j_
lcries are located on or near the Downtown Ma'll.
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Market Street This street was namecl for the early 1g00s mar-
ffi ] Ker nouses that stood in the middle of the street. Glance toe &# your relt on the corner at the concrete block building (c. 190g),
1 13 W. Market Street, former home to the Velle family, memilers of theGreek community. Early 1900s catalogs fiom sears Roebuck included a$63'75 easy-to-use concrete block-mlking machine with eight specialmolds and accessories. A locar contractor"used severar molds to createdecorative blocks for this home. View this building as ..modern,,tech-nology providing a fireproof inexpensive horne.
cross Market street at the light ancr cantinue south on the right side fora block.
$ g]lT ii.,.T:t N.w. (re47) rhe Elks Rivanna Lodse# K*re
enrrance will be on yoilr right after you cross Market street.e y rr was organized in l9I4 by members of the African_American comrnunity.
This k the end of Tour A. To begin Tour B continue walking south, turnright on the brick Downtown pedestrian MalI and walk toward theopen area. To start Tour C retrace your steps north on 2d. Street I{.W.4ast McGuJfey school/ Art Center on your left. Go one block north toHigh Street.
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Tour A1 300 Court Square2 Number Nothing3 300 Park Street4 Town Hall5 Albemarle County
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[br the accommodatior-r ofite Universitl, of VilginiaIospital r'vas founded.
oVArt Centerentary school,,as named fcrrr of the widely; a city schoolrt the area's artios in the building, all of:e at work. The Gallery is'ivate studios and art gai-
r the early 1800s niar-'the street. Glance toock building (c.190B),rr.nill', rnembers of thers Roebuck included aine with eight special:veral molds to create.ng as "modern" tech* :
tuth on the right side for
i lks Rivanna Lodger cross Market Street.rers of the African-
te wetlking south, turnsnd walk toward theth on 2d. Street N.W.)o one block north to
Tour A1 300 Courl Square2 Number Nothing3 300 Park Street4 Town Hall5 Albemarle County
Courthouse
Jackson ParkCounty JailJuvenile and DomesticRelations CouriCity of CharlottesvilleCourlhouse109 E. Jefferson St.
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Tour H1 Omni Hotel2 223 W. Main3 109 W. Main4 105-107 W. Main5 110-112 E. Main6 114-118 E. Main
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WORSHIP PLACqS
7 123 E. Main8 Central Place9 215 E. Main10 222E .Ma in11 300 E. Main12 316 E . Ma in13 320 E. lVain
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Water St.16 410 E. Water St17 600 E. Water St1B 605 E. Main19 520 E. Main
20 510 E. Main21 404 E, Main22 307 E. Market St,23 211-215 4th StN24 410 E. Jefferson Sl25 500 Court Square26 200 S St. West
DOWNTOWN e'
he 250-year life ofrange of businesses
. jewelry stores, restamakers and sellers of clothblacksmiths. Just to the wrHill," a predominantly Afarea that was razed in a 19(street followed an early IrNotch'd Road beginning intrees blazed with three ncRichmond and Tidewater vCharlottesville Three Notclal commercial center. To ttown economically viable,were closed to traffic and nwhich was extended two m
Start Tour B on the pedestriHotel. This walk is 12 blocks Ireach the other end of the ma'to the Court Square area whe,
{ The Omni Charlottesvil
$ west end of a seven-biocA historic Main Street. Vehill to W Main and on towoperated along Main Street 1with horse-drawn cars, soooperated until 1935.
223 West Main Street (facades of these buildiro\rer the years. Comp
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y. i : l r l : : o1 businesses and services, inclui l ing grocery, clrug, and
.!; . . t i t r ,et l f i [or.cs, restaurants, bars, banks, and cigar laciorics,make.s a'd sel lcrs . f ciothing. furniture, .nr. i"g.r, and coff ins, a*dblacksrnitlts. Iust to the w-est, ft,fain Street passed through ..Vir,,"go,.Hi l i ," .a predorninanri,v Afr ican-American tusi 'ess a'd residen.r ialareir that r,vas razed in a 1964 urban reneu,al proiect (see.lbur.F). Ihei lr . . l . f . .11"*:d
an eariy Incl ian rrai l that came ro be cal ied Threctrotcl'{ Iloari bcginning in the t7ir0s when the roure was rnarkccl ir1,trces blazed witrr three n.tches rrorn an axe. The roacr co'nectedRichmonci anci Ticlsvater with the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Incirarlottes'ille fi.rree f,iotch'd Road becarne Main street an<i a-regio'-al commercial center. To l.relp keep (ihariottesville,s historic down_towr econoffiically viablc, in 1976 flve blocks of this hisioric roadwere closccl to trarf ic and made into the pedestr ian l)o-wnton,n Maii ,rvhich ivas extendecl lwo more blocks west in l9gi.
s-turt.'ry1 IJ o, the pedestri.ut Man in front of the onni Crnrloi:ttsi,iileHotel''fhis wqlk is i)- brtcks rong. h tvil take ress than ctne htur. I\/he, youreLrc.h the ofher end of the nnil \'ou may choase to r.eave trre to'r or continueto the Court Sqttare arsa where Tour A starts.'$
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$ The Omni Charlottesville Hotei (19g7) The Omni anchors rhe
g I::, ":1:t a sevcn-block pedesrrian ma1l, which covers parr of
#, nrsrolrc lvt.un Strcct. Vehicular traffic formerly flowed up thehill to W. Main ancl on towards the University. A trolley line alsooperated along lv{arn Street for near.ly fifty years, beginning in lBBTwith horse-dralvn cars. soon converting to an eleJtric line whichoFeratec{ until 1935"
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Stre.er (t9t t) ancl2t3 West Main Street (1875) The
,/. tacrdcs 01 rhcsc buildings reflect the changing styles ofarchitccturc
d&s{ uver tnc ycarb. Compare the simplc construction cieiails of thcearlv period 1875 to the more elaborate style of t9tr.
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*b 109 West Main Street (1g60) Over the door on the facade of* 3 :i :":::i3."1*: r- :* pairued,i gn, udu";i,in g. .,Druss,, andti'ns,over-th;;;;;;::ffi :i:".H#;f *::1;*r,mli;Pr:re Food and Drug Act aii.*ut"a"p-utinilr.ir.,n.r_sorne
withas much as 59 percent..alcohol. c.f".iJ.rrrJry, the same year,Prohibit ion began Iocaily t:, o*'r","*r'.oura seil whiskeylabcled "f,or medicinal use only.,, f.u'airion ,uys etrte park Street:;Tff;:,f,:r
D) had .upuou,a. cit"i'i",i",0 weekty .,medi_
rd I05-107 west Main street (lggg) The Leterman Brothers,ff ibuilt a six_bay department-;;;, ' ;;" ' targest store inffi Charlorresville. Later, the srore *". ,"fal"O subdivided for abank, a five and dime, and.a ,hop. Fr;; r";;_iru a famity from
.tl1 lo;al,creek communiry operated ,rr.-n."r, Rail Restaurantn,11.:,11., ur,uety for .men., i t .prouia"a . ' rfr"".ri,". stand, a har-
;:i.r":#]ce' billiard tables' and l".r-airp"nr.a rrorn*u
continue on the Ma'across.rst street. Go to the middre of the brock and stopat the lffirson Theater on tt e right-(so;rh;; ,:;;'ifiti *rrrr.
ffi t 10-l 12 East Main Street (1901, facade 1920) Occupying a
3 rormer bank building, tle lefferson il;;,;, offered live the-&d ater and motion pictures starting ir, 191t. R;g.rlar theater per-
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I l4*l 18 East Main Stramong the oldest intactof #1 l8 was built to hou,
rernarns. As in years past, todashops to desirable upstairs ao
17 yZS Easr Main Street (l
,/ skyscraper. Built as Jeffer
l^- _rh" early 20th_century fr1919 spectators watched as .story.building. AJthough thrtrouble, he did a handstand aand terror ofhis audience,
Proceed eastward. As you cross 2twau that feqtures painted adverand "Sloans, Liniment-,,
S"r-""t place (1976) Centra
I he tountain ahead is remir
1ea1h1re. According ro lo<Banastre Tarleton quartered somt.lames Bankhead quartered men Iwar.ot 1812. The three granlte stnotches blazed in trees along this tmusical events and community ga
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215 East Main Street (I93Theater with its marquee onoerng restored to its former r
llrir admrred the 36-foot-higt
rrrm, and satin and velvet furniiltained them. The same architects d
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st along the Mall for five;. Odd numbered build-Eyen numbered build-
block. STOP before youcars crossing the Mall.
ror on the facade ofrt ising "Drugs" andfurnished prescrip-armers. In 1907 thedicines-sorne withLlly, the same year,could sell whiskeyLys elite Park Streethold weekly "medi-
Leterman Brotherse largest store in.nd subdivided for a-1982 a family fromass Rail Restaurantrshine stand, a hat-dispensed from a
ttlle of the block and stop;he street.
1920) Occupying ater offered live the-Regular theater per-to town, but it still
movies.
f l4t-l 18 East Main Street (1843) Two adjoining buildings areamong the oldest intact buildings on the Mall. The street levelof #118 was buiit to house a jeweiry store. The built-in vault still
remains. As in years past, today many side doors lead from street levelshops to desirable upstairs apartments and offices.
123 East Main Street (1919) On your left is the rown,s firstskyscraper. Built as Jefferson National Bank it is a reflection ofthe early 2Oth-century feeling of prosperity and progress, In
1919 spectators watched as "The Human Fly', scaled this eight_story building. Although the large cornice at the top gave himtrouble, he did a handstand atop the rlarrow ledge to the delightand terror of his audience.
Proceed eastward. As you cross 2d Street, E., look back to the right at thewall that features painted advertisements of the past: ,,Coca-Cola 5(and " Slo ans' Liniment."
CentralPlace (1976) Central Place is the open area at 2d Street, E.The fountain ahead is reminiscent of the water well once locatednear here. According to local legend, in 1781 British Colonel
Banastre Thrleton quartered some of his troops here. years later MajorJames Bankhead quartered men by the well as they assembled for theWar of 1812. The three granite stones of the fountain recall the threenotches blazed in trees along this early road, The open space is used formusical events and community gatherings.
f\215 East Main Street (1931; closed 1974) The paramounr
JTheater with its marquee on the left (north) side of the mall is./ being restored to its former opulent grandeur. Before the shows
Patrons admired the 36-foot-high ceilings, ornate murals and goidtrim, and satin and velvet furnishings while a theater organ enter-tained them. The same architects designed the paramount Theater on
Tour B 'l
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during scgrwh ite pa rrons sa r in the ;:;'.,T:,1'i:;;;:1il:f ;1T:*, Hi: ;H:;Wslk a'ou,rt the Mall m jrl Street, E.
Wtrlk across 3d Strect, E.
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(1896) Tirnberlake's Drug Store has1890. They have been in this locationfbuntain in the rear still offers old-
Leave the Mall, turn right gor.tth) on 4th Street, 5.E., and walk rlownh-ill to Water Street appropriatel;, nanrr{ ?tr the creek that once ranthrough the middle oJ'it.
$ ffi 4th Street S'E. and East water streets you have entered the rate
ff *ft
l9th cenrury w.rrehouse, manu{hcturing, produce disrribution,dr' &l and rarlroad district. Early in the 20th century a cigar factoryanda soda-bottli'g works rvere here. The three-story parki'g structurewas built on rhc sitc of a "tie rot" r,vhere horses and buggics weie secured.Three to four blocks rvest and one biock south, you can see large fruityarlloyses of the ea.iy 1900's a'd inreresting homes on soutrr street(see "\'\4rile you are i' the 'eighborhood" at the end of this tour). To thesouth across the tracks running behind the parking structure is the tra-ditional locarion for ilricit gambling estnbrishJents and bordeilos.Police finally closed down "Margueritc's" brothel in 1949. when thebuilding was demolishe d in 1972, many neighbors helpecl themserves topaper money that l.rad been hidden within the rvalls.
Do not cross East Water Street, just tuttlk left (east).
rned
and;sfulthisula-t . Arave
thelful)g-itshisvy
fMlMalk east one block towards tl.te fonner train station.
Tour B 'l
5
$ffi;:t::r.Tl:I
g the Charlotterwnrch. began operaticlnantl electr ic_powered
raePot, down Main StrDurldrng later became a
trffif;:::H*:#j S 404 East Main Str/
tg the exarnples of btU & on ihe uppe, ,,o.r
\_ompare Arts and Craft st.rne A:t, \4oderne rage of t l:..:f
rhe Mall at 4ih strerthat in the 1930s, when teltSr.ocer sent his truck eacl
_ *:o,.n Mii ls" (see Tour Iand truck relurned the samt
[::i ,,t!, on 4th street. N.E.,
t1_atreaion. Notice the architatyou pass, After one block S fOI
16 Tour BCross East Market gS7sg| ar14 cs
regant build_ion for therailroad linest reachedo the C&O.r-south lineI by Unionhe two rail-lwas estab-and maintenanceilar facilities wereell as local men,> buiid and oper_meant more resi_'lr neighborhoodst (see Tour E, site'e daily. In Worldstation.
which follows the,u up to the MalI.t0 feet to the browial events.
rtains is the siteto the right isr (see Tour E).
exa
astsl -
n
I n 120 East Main Street (1887, 1930) The large lower win-I Y 9"*::rved as the door of the horse and tr;iley barn forL ., the Charlottesville and University Street Railway Co.,which began operation in 18g7. For a time'horse, or mule_drawnand electric-powered trolleys ran side by side from the traindepot, down Main Street to the Univerrity. Appropriately, thebuilding later became an auto repair shop u"d i", station.
n n 510 East Main Street (1g95) Two doors to the west is/ I ] an example of a Main Street store at the time of the
UV Rotunda fire at the University of Virginia in 1g95.
nl 404 East Main Street (1915),415 and 4r7 (rg4l) Admire/ | the examples of building trends and architectural fashionslJ I on the upper stories of shops on both sides of the street.compare Arts and craft style decorations to examples of glass biocks oftheArtModerne rage of the 1940s. The building on the northeast cor_ner of the Mall at 4th street was erected for a giocery. Residents recallthat in the 1930s, when telephones and automJiles were luxuries, thisgrocer sent his truck each morning to neighborhoods such as the"Woolen Mills" (see Tour E) to collect p.opi.,, shopping lists. Driverand truck returned the same afternoon with their groceries.
Turn right on 4th Street, N.E., leaving the MaII and walk up hiil in a norther_ly direction. Notice the architectural details on the upper parts of the stores asyou pass, After one block STOp before crossing lutaikit Street.
307 Bast Market Street (1g53) Look across to the left(west) in the middle of the block to see a fine example ofthe pilastered Greek Revival style house so popular in
Charlottesville in the 1850s. One block east, on December tS, ttOOa dinner was held for the returning Meriwether Lewis and williamClark at the Stone Thvern which later burned.
Cross East Market Street and continue north.
T o u r B 1 7
iin MalL
Turn right ott East lelferson Street.
Cross the street tu the Arvherc Tr.tur ALrrin."'"
albemarle county Hktorical society Kiosk
While you are in rhe neighborhood
NORTH DOWNTO2D STREETS
L : ^ - ,r r r ) t L r U f e n C O n l p A S S e S a n a Ithe original commercial ceernp.ortion of the original
tr # it,5ffi *ii,i f+, :::*,i::,, .,n,h e sec.nd*iili#*',u*:Tn,",,*#,''ffi #t'::,',*
area rn to wh ich t l re g rowing cornmj:, .y. ey rhe nriddle pai l of rhe 20i] f r r t l
as a res idenr ia l r re ighborhood
l lo.T ,To""a inlo new ,ubrrbr, tt, t:Hlo,"gj
were dcmolished and resi,off ices. Bv lg76 ;, ,^"-. ,- . . """ ' ' '
" . had reviJr ldu levlvra rCh t t ec tU ra i dcc i . - f on t r 0 l . TT
-ffi d* 200 South Stdfu;;Il1,,,,jnl::,r i:ij::;.fi#
i"l,'; ;i :,1;; ff ..T il hi ! fiO: ;'Jffi ,H if ji::Lxr'". ;i ** *ftp lllli ff;},,t'#Jii ;::',::,::U' i:T',TS'.n " "i, " o',"ii, iJ,"", n",,",
tr ffiill-ti"" square (1s26) rheren-srorvg|- - 3ol':ned to scrve ,.rrir" li,.*.^'_tren-stor/ Monticello Horcl,trff:,11n,,"* Hil:it*i:iiffi ;#:J[T']" on'ls'";;;
er horer n"rr"r";;;;;;;#i';#ff.l:
Charlottesville/Albelarle C"r"iy iCity's first National Register Distric
f::j "l the Ncrrh Downtown Resicrrrst neighborhood associations.
a?l--.nt known as Maiden Lane, I:added in 17-9.0 to the original 1762 to,ll"oiy
of Charioftesvil., tfr. ,t...tchurches, and court buildings.
Begin on West High Street, xn frotlt of (
$ .1'1 ln:l H.igh street, christ Epis$ l:,:.,
init iafly tcd by the n.".r.n.,T, r " r l
and mel wi th thc Lhree orher:1"r.,u,
the courrhouse. Ihe preserchurch was built on the srte of its rvoo,;._":r_"r
construcled wirh the ,ia of pu,1,1,fr...,,t '
building boasrs some be.:,no.o5,
a large rose window, h.**.the citys only cariJlorr, ,"t, i.t .on i. tr.Charlortesvil le whcn ir is played.
1 B T o u r B
;ffi,W,g ffiq
Kruwm. ry#*NORTH DOWNTOWN: HICH. lST, AND2D STREETS
his tour encompasses an atea of the City north and nor thu'est of
the original commercial center' Its territorf includes the north-
ern portion ofthe original 5O-acre grid laid out in 1762 and an
area into which the growing community eq:anded in the early 19th cen-
tury, By the middle part of the 20th centurY' North Downtown's poPu-
larity as a residential neighborhood had declined gleatlv, and as popula-
tion moved into ner.r, suburbs, its buiidings f-ell into disrepair' Historic
buildings r.vere demolished and residences along I'{igh and Park becarne
offices. By 1976 interest had revived and this area was placed under
architectural design control. The area was included in the
Charlottesville/Albemarle Countv Courthouse F{istoric District and the
City's first National Register District in 1982. The area covered here is
part of the North Downtown Residents Association, one of the City's
f irst neighborhooJ associat ions.
Formerly known as Maiden Lane, High Street runs east-west and was
added in 1790 to the original 1 762 town grid. Resider.rtial for most of thc
history of Charlottesville, the street is now home to olfices, law firms,
churches, and court bui ldings.
Begin on West High Street, in frorLt of Christ Church
{ l16 West High Street, Christ Episcopal (1898) Tl.ris congrega-
I tion, initially led by the Reverend Frederick Hatch, began in
f tBZt aud met with the three other rnajor Protestant denomina-
tions at the courthouse. 'fhe present late-Gothic Revival stone
church was built on the site of its r.r'ooden 1824 neo-classical pred-
ecessor constructed with the aid of parishioner Thomas )efferson.The present building boasts some beautiful Tiffany stained glass
windows, a large rose window, hammer beam interior ceiling, and
the city's only carillon, which can be heard throughout downtown
Charlottesville when it is played.
i0) In the second; of Federal-stylenice and chimneyl buildings in theof the bui ldings
rldest res-e-windowre right. A/ears ago.. Look uptice, nowLble at the
r Monticello Hotel:11o. On its roof forr world," visible fornts and law offices.
rical Society Kiosk
rhood
et ends atrv o f the
ee was thelottesviileI and coalresources: buiidingng house,
Tour C 'l
9
P;3H'Jlfl Yill:::: 'i':"r ,,8e,, r88e) Vic,o, ia ,fu .balusrracJ* ' ; . ; ; "_. : " " t dcta i ls i r rc ludinc
fi ';*f H jhT lftil ixilfl : :xr:l :; idt;: :#j,Humln", ff;t i*:*t ffi:il #i;:.-;i| :;l:: ;?:' " #; : ; ;:ii)i0ni,.,., "o
Q ;:i,)il:1.1',i"t'ffi :,:870 ) rh is l r r ra c r i ve wea rh er-ff ;H., [;: m: lii HLffi ,ni I f j",.,,1,:] ffi
Cross High Sbeet and turn lefr (north) onto ]{orth Ist Street.Annexed around IglB
ln#***,ffi*t#*$d,1:T:, *.,"';; ; ;J ::; 1". jfi lti i1tft * rr*I ylT;: * fr rlrn i# ;;;* j ;:i Hl' ffi ii $Ji:
ffi:.t1 Nort_h rst rXt.ololral Revjva
e*fhiP rooli cor.ertcolurnns are nrarkedenlrven the structure.
52I North tst Sllunt Greek Revivon each facade s;
i* Tll ;;.: :;: :: i::il.T;: :: 1,. c.. c or h jc re s iden cc,
1113j*'iff,,,".;i 'r,r,l.Icrs..rarhet' rhomas r.,i.-,.-' iu*",
r:::::1 ,.r. .""g..*;.;;:"1,,:';.'":il1 :., s,arc dciesare an<if: l :tttclt u.s. c.,ng.crrn""'"
wno servcd as a s'tor'rsc nea, herc rrom, -rll,1l1 ";,:; ; ; lh:iH:';iff ,.il:house near n",J,i' ,'i?t"i_X
Iarge Italianate co.nicepaneied spandrels. Th<the 1850 l_cvv Orr..", r :P- Abelt, ,rr" f ,,ii ii. r.the front garclen into flJlztcross the street, anlvr. (Jleason in lBBg.
Yr lo,5r8 and 522 N,d f , "
t w o _ s r o r l . c l a p fg t h e s a r n c b u i l d c r , aqeslgns, and have two_
popular at that t ime.
ff)526 Norrh rst Srreeffi ,"t
V.icrorian vernacres oracketed cornice, l ,
vents under thc sahi..rh. h,,ur.-*olfil;;iaf lc r he pur t .hased thc hoL.lot and garden stretch bact
dros30Norrh rsrsrreetry
r 'errr.rcuiar wirh triprirr*
.:! a vcrarrda. The r.em() l t l f r iczc that is re l rc. r ted
1oT,.'h: const,le b.ackerr, a,11,IT
house rvas protr;b1yDurtt No. 526 next cioor.
20 Tbur C
torianrn-slat
ypical,,fOOd-
rd it ispavil-trance:keted
Street,
Street," Northdottesville forvas developedt-south streetswere assigned; of streets andice which wasseveral homes:rest in North
reather-
ry, two-during36.
thic residence,few remainingpointed win-lants are char-falker Gilmer: delegate andavy, lived in a
tt 504 North lst Street (c.1S73) This residence has a
\Colonial Revival veranda and popular post-bellum
arlnip roof covered by tin. The surrounds of the
columns are marked by bands of stone "pulled out" to
enliven the structure.
521 North lst Street (c.1859) An important antebel-
lum Greek Revival residence with four doric Pilasterson each facade supporting a handsome cornice with
large Italianate cornice brackets' and paired windows with
paieled spandrels. The large piiasters link it stylistically to
itt. tSsO Leoy Opera House (see Tour A' site 4)' Banker A'
P. Abell, who built the house' was forced by debt to partition
the front garden into the present lots of Nos' 514, 5 18, and
522 acrosi the street, and sold the residence to merchant H'
M. Gleason in lBBB.
lt51+, stB and522North 1st Street (1889) These srm-
I ule two-storv clapboard residences, constructed by
/ it. ,u*. Uuita.t, are decorated with gouged floral
designs, and have two-story bay windows which were
popular at that time.
526 North lst Street (c.1SS9) Outstanding example
of Victorian vernacular with flush clapboard frieze'
bracketed cornice, louvered double circular-headed
vents under the gabies' spool frieze, and loop balustrade'
The house was built by H' M' Gleason for his daughter
after he purchased the house across the street' Six levels of
lot and garden stretch back to 2d Street'
530 North lst Street (c.18S9) Finely detailed Victorian
vernacular with tripartite stepped-back facade unified
by a veranda' The veranda is decorated with a floral
motif 6ieze that is repeated in the pediment over the balcony
door, the console brackets, and atop the capitals of the veran-
da. The house was probably built by Gleason at the time he
built No. 526 next door.
Tour C 21
Retrace your steps and turb otto tn turn, is;,, ; ;;;" ; ;"s ::,:K.!:"*
ct H edge stree t carefu uy. At th e
W d$flili$iff::,|;:'t'tr836) rrris nne ex,mprc or a& %#v;rgrt; ' ;;;; ' ; ' , t"*
housc, huilr on a characrcrislic
:::T: ." 3;1* i.r., ;,': ii[:jj!:'ff:l#i ***ili'i1i:H'4:n*::'tii?T,lt_*"Tii:iT..,#T[fover-six windows are climrh e sq uared *r ""," o " *i1'j:i:,I i;: ]ilT,T::ll,::t
I Arrs East Hig| 4,fRepresenrative
I I rl..; u sryie comrsecond quarter of the lbond. The sides in ragables. Originally of unrear wing, and single par
I {i?,"?'.:,H-"lTI Vcentral gable an<
Nelson added the west wiium. The veranda's colurrfrom the original front en
I f 205 East High Sr
I(}j,:ffi,i:',j1::"i:Deled cornice, octagonal cotwo-over-two sashes.
l rf 2ll East High St
1 I Georgian detacheda, t or end chjmneys a.
and stucco are not originanome ot art critic, editor, aldonym for Willard Hunting
W W 422 2d Streer, N.E$ $ *i,xklj: iji*il,",:,* yr :;J :;:?i J;:I";i*,i
"il.";,in:;11:o J:lig:":, ."r,n,l porch is
9..?l:, l:rr:d rhe chark)rresviite:'#:f ,ff iff ili J":::t ;iiil,r,ifi ,,5i1'::: ?li iffi-,i;;:' :i::: ;*;,ffiilfi *,i" jT fiX:(1800--1g73 ), second-i"rwq ur rotu oy wti l lanr S. white
rresbyterian ch r r ".1, r-^^^'l"ot^of. charlottesville ( First )
1::lt1t1*" Church {r""' '-' vr \-Irarrottesville (First)
"r vrr8rn,a, and enrolleci rltll*". -k'"',*i*t", of the University:'Ji;?l'T;t":::.*l;t11i'l_JJ,:,,8Ji"",:i5Yj'::;iia Baptist manse,
""a if-._" i"c'ts'
selore t863 the house was usrnanse, earni'g l, ir, n.,",lil" ::::"tt
years as tr.. pr"rsyt".,Jnmanse, earning it its popular name.
trtr
4lO 2d Stree! N.E. (1g96) This js a.simplifiecl eueen Anneresrdence. The sryle rvas-popular in Charlottesville fromrru:-1920. The roor, windows, ""Ja*r.a.. .i,_]*,.
409 2d Street, lV.\,V. (1S92/ Typical Victorian vernacu_tar weatherboard housemembers ;i;;;ffi ;,:il',';,i?;: occupied by
y# :'# : :;?,,r'f :,:{ :: i'; i ;: n ",,, a, r 1 5,, h e n r e, r a c e
22 TourC
e Street carefully. At the
lmple of aaracteristicI hall with, was builtThe brick
trnice. Six-nnd story.rddition.
339) Veryrop houseL porch islottesvilieirst girls'r S. Whitee (First),lain of the Universitythe house was used asthe Presbyterian
T13'*:1'*rc.n vernacu-::::w
I All5 East High Street (2d quarter l9th c.)
| {Representative Federal-sryle brick residence, typi-I I fies a style common in the Court Square area in thesecond quarter of the 19th century. The front is Flemishbond. The sides in random bond terminate in steppedgables. Originally of unpainted brick, the Doric veranda,rear wing, and single pane sashes are alterations.
I 7 201 East High Street (c.1835) Neo-classical residence
| \*itft ceorgin forms, altered by the addition of theI t/central gable and overhanging eaves. Dr. Hugh T.Nelson added the west wing and veranda for use as a sanitar-ium. The veranda's columns are believed to have been movedfrom the original front entrance portico.
| /a 205 East High Street (1857-1862) This Italianate resi-
I f1a.n.. displays Georgian forms such as a side-hall plan,I Valongside later Victorian embellishments including a cor-beled cornice, octagonal columns, and brackets on the veranda, andtwo-over-two sashes.
| ry zll East High Street (c.1850) Characteristic late-
| / Georgian detached residence. High basement, interi-L, or end chimnevs and shallow hip roof. The verandaand stucco are not oriiinut. The house was the childhoodhome ofart critic, editor, and author S. S.Van Dyne (a pseu-donym for Willard Huntington Wright).
Tour C 23
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VY
gKRffiffi.Krenpr ffiA
Tour il1 116 West Main St.2 104 & 100 West High St.3 422 N. 1st. St.4 433 North 1st. St.5 504 North 1st. St.
521 North 1st, St.514,518 & 522 Nor lh 1st . S l526 Norlh 1st. St.530 Nonh 1st. St.426 2d. St., North East4222d. Sl., Norlh East
12 4102d. St., North East13 409 2d. St., Norlh West14 115 East High St.15 201 East High St.16 205 East High St.17 211 East High St,
Tour C 25
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: ; : : . ar thc cor.nicc. Thc nort l .
i*r 'r i .r40B__4i0 parlr St409 park St.4i5 park St.4i6 park St.427 parl< S,r.
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67BI0
500 Pan< Sl60i Fark St532 park Sto ib tJark St.212 Wine St.62i park St(i20 park St
rn 1905.
T lon park Sfreer ile00) Ac
f_ ) "* , r r . l lousc, rh i .s o1n31s ;e
,ff uI,t:,t d*;ri lcd pilasrcred Col
. , , r r r r a . v . tC to r ran t owe r : Thc I aCadpressed blond brick.
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13 625 parkSl14 205 parkSt'15
610 LyonsCo16 713 parkSl1 / 235 parkSl1B Z43parkSl19 751 parkSt
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LOUi l SqUa, .c lo lhc pJas . ,ro r r r rc r i y l . r rk ,V i l / , . r pa l r oi lnre of thc Cir iJ \V:rr p,rr l .nrex.rncler n.rott . th.rt lhc ,raste) altd their situations arlor Persons of means and1er
ernmost two blocks are use{
.: :_", ' i " has m.rde rhenr aiLr.au ics . Lookrns a t lhc o lder ho
: : Yo , l r .avc i nor rh . indrca t
rowlt to the country.
The southern section. of the toct t t t . [ te et ts i l l . rvnlkt r l , but n iot, , , , r . r
- r , r , . , , t t t t ,7^ | | t C, , I V I i i l r , rU, , O,,.,.1.9: ,,"y: of the subject httitdin,lj,,l"y.: id: s r reets ril.er rr r,r,rri;
vrety pqrk Strcet,s Jtouscs.
$ 1?*j]o park srrcer, trrwe
ff ::"i." ' tot Y'1un* l..rt l ier, rhe
.:rne toLrr buildings kntrwrr trattcl pcdraps
.Ce,rerol phil4, g[.
26 Tbur D
mlpTowr
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i;iti]a;i]:r;i!i:!*:
0 Park St.1 Park St.2 Park St.6 Park St.2 Wine St.1 Park St.0 Park St.
1 31 41 51 61 71 81 9
625 Park St.705 Park St.610 Lyons71 3 Park Sl.735 Park St.743 Park St.751 Park Sl.
Kwwg. ffiNORTHDO\TNTOW@
hark Street, with its shade trees and grand houses' is one of
PLturtou.sville's most beautiful residential streets and retains
L,-lf, .f its lgth-century character. The road winds gently from
Court Square to the place that gave the road its name' Cochrart's Mill'
formerly park Mill, a lart of Dr.-George Gilmer's Pen Park estate. By the
time of the Civil War Park Street had thirteen houses' In 1874 James
Alexander wrote that the "residences on this street are built in good
taste, and their situations are lovely and picturesque ' ' ' well calculated
f.;;;r;tt of means and leisure'" Now, very few buildings in the south-
ernmost two blocks are used as residences, as their proximity to court
Square has made them attractive for law offices and other institutional
or=.r. foot irrg at the older houses, you will see they grow more dispersed
;; * ;t.i north, indicating the igth-century transition from the
town to the country.
The southern section of the tour, from Court Square to 610 Lyons Court',
canbe easily walked' but a car is recommended for the northern sector of
thetourandthe,,Whileyouareintheneigftborhood,,section.Whendriv-'i;;g: ;i;t of the subject buildings may be unsatisfying if trffic is heavy' but
iany sideitrrrr, oi1r, conveniint parking or stopping areas from which to
view Park Street's houses'
I 40F-4f 0 Park Street, Tower House (c'1854' 1905) At one time a
I t.tt".f f.t young ladies, the older southern section is also one of
I the four buildinls known to have been used by Federal offrcers'
*a f.*,upt GenerJl Philip Sheridan himself, when Charlottesville
-rt ircC.a by Federal iroops in March 1865' This pilastered
Italianate building is adorned with an original tower' including dou-
ble circular-headid *i.tdo*s at its third level' and heary scrolled
br..k t, at the cornice. The north annex (410 Park street) was added
in 1905.
/l 409 Park Street (1900) Across the street frorn the
I To*a, House, this ornate former residence marries a
L frn ly detailed pilastered Colonial Revival main block
with a Viitorian tower. The facade, now painted' is of fine
oressed blond brick.TovD 27
,11:',,111::[::' J.': i l' -"# illl: :]o * r h o uses in rh e a rea,I:,: ".d:,, ;;:;,,;;:"n::,'Jj::::,,l;isina rr y ir," n.u|*.." oa.i.a rl' ; ;;; ;:l:t'""lll?l j :":: -i,r' iu ".,'n..r' ;'i;:?^ f ^ r r .
. . - . r . y d r lvr a vrcton?j . l remodel ing.
601 Park Street (1891) CSamuel McCue ( l g6l_190:1904, his wife was murder
l['#i:il::#::il]1,' was. consrru*ed in rheljn, l?,:._1;1, ""0,,,,, i"."il,;il::iil:jtown in the l{t20s. Th- '" u'rludr to other houses
:ian bay *i.,an*,1",i":,::t-t:.g southern wing,Victorian r,ou *;",r^,^, "1. ' I Ire re
rA,-!^s : , - / "r 'u( 'w) and exteriadded in ti,. mia-rsih .;;',:;""tt
trim probabiy weie
lirli1r8 upstairs. McCu. was cotr ial that.received national press c,rne nearby County Jai l (see ToLoerore the unsuccessfuJ conclusio.u)e tasr legal publ ic hanging in*Comyn
Hajl ," named lor an earl ie;rreel mansion no longer standing
416
Federalbuilt in
S # *br;:;',;;;,,;,ffi :,,Hf ';:,i,"tr ir:;;i1T:':r. T*fdT:::T"':,t t*:j :,n. ;J ii,l;.T;1,1 *xfl ;;* J:: :::.il il# ff :H1 fr :J ti
532 Park Street (c.lg50s, l9jrrom 1855_lgg4 by artornluE4) . Dur ing h is po l i t i ca l
(1842-1843), the -statet
first lieutwice a congressman (1345.-1g4,house-was completely remodeied t<rorm. I ts original appearance is unk
9'f^lTu,t":et (r884) Buirt b1.,.
*. D^rk", rr. i l853_1926),frame eueen Anne house desBurrage Reed of New york, features
Victorian columns and a po.ch gaz,Duke family until the late 20th centutle in its appearance.
TLrn left off park Street onto Wine Strt
aol-.::tl an alley, Whe Street still haembeilished by several bungalow_stylresidential developmenr ln tt.,. .u.ty ii
212 }Vine Street, Monticello
.lour",yo., builr for rhe superiLo. which worr several prizes
ffi ::H[il H;i jil j::t=*1.,',1:"'lli?,"i,],T;;HT. :'f ?[T:'i|::l " F1 il' i l'rl1 e reg i o'r a I s o u r hrng h o us e i n 1 8 2 7 "r d :tl^ 1 f ' n ""J t""".r'."t'.f fj??r i:TJr:lI::,, N E, *r,.i" ;::'"':::::::,1 i:r;_T st,.et ",,dii.il,T:, i!.,, :i:*t;t i:ill,ff ;*:i_'i."#il,;il.illl ;I T,lio"; i n1".,11o1, f n s,a n d; ; ;:' Jff ;ff ::;::dences. rhe,l. iu",iav';;: i : "t
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uses in the area,ally. The hearyterned tin roofs
I in the Federalhouses built in
wng,y were
used ain thee-and-r d t o aroundnce its
(l9ss) Thisuth Plainsional South:or, Francisfirst meet-
'eet and 2d:ctively as:esbyterianr-Georgiantin-in-the-rtury resi-ty leads toformerly
601 Park Street (1891) Charlottesville's Mayor ].Samuel McCue (136l-1905) built this residence. In1904, his wife was murdered in this house while
i.* e;bathing upstairs. McCue was convicted in a sensationaltrial that received national press coverage. His execution atthe nearby County fail (see Tour A, site 7) took placebefore the unsuccessful conclusion of his appeal, urrj *u,the last legal public hanging in Virginia. The house is"Comyn Hall," named for an earlier and even more strikinsStreet mansion no longer standing.
now callednearby Park
532Park Street (c.1850s, 1920) This house was occupiedfrom 1855-lS8 by attorney Shelton F. Leake (18f2_1884). During his political career, Leake was a delegate
(1842-1843), the state's first lieutenant governor (lg5l), andtwice a congressman (1845-1847, lg59-1861). in 1920 thishouse was completely remodeled to its present Colonial Revivalform. Its original appearance is unknown.
616 Park Street (1834) Built by the City's first |udge, R.T. W. Duke, Jr. (1853-1926), this asymmetrical whiteframe Queen Anne house designed by architect S. R.
Burrage Reed of New york, features a veranda with turnedVictorian columns and a porch gazebo, It remained in theDuke family until the late 20th century, and has changed lit_tle in its appearance.
Turn left off Park Street onto Wine Street.
Formerly an alley, Wine Street still has the feel of a country lane, but isembellished by several bungalow-style homes dating from the street'sresidential development in the early 20th century.
I 212 Wine Street, Monticello Wine Co. House (lgg4) Thishouse was built for the superintendent of the Monticello WineCo. which won several prizes in international wine competi_
Tour D 29
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tions in paris. Since Jeffeoberrrcd in ^tL^_- r ^rson,s
time, vineyards have been
&::i:::"i: # i", ::*'" "",n i''t"'i:i;' iil"::i::;fi,lil,;:l?:i: "i:::
. r,. ir,. ."p;ffi 7# fi;HlWine Belt, and the areat n
- "-! vcvrrdr ur tlre vlrglnle
lered he"o \/i,.^^ _--^, no_st successful vineyard was cen_
lli,:,1 i:':, 3*'i::T,: "' u' ".." "'li"; ;::::::T:l;cellar was located to the I
, "."-rvurruurS dLr.es and a wln€
ki l le . t rh^ k, , . : -^^- . . . . . " : r l across 2d Street . prohib i t ion
IiT I lT j:X, ;", n, n, i"i';,.* ii.iil;i;ilj'j[::Ififi , i:#r::1:*:*:r y.si1, {.TJH::.T;; bui,,,o face;:ii.l;T:*x' j[::,*:*:::l::Fi::J:::"H.i^:f ,i:,,1;:ly from either side .r, o, l"rr.*", ;' ;n::: :il,ffi'"n;:.il::fl *,t
H 625 Park Street ( l !trve Colonial Reviv:designetl by Washi
AJie,r vkiting the Monticello Wine Co. House, retrtPark street rc r€sutne this rour ,iiJi.'-^,'"i^'i"" rerrace your pnrh Ltack toyitr,,1,,*;;;;;,:';;"#;::'::';:{:!,1;itT,;:;:,!i,Z:"ll:i;
'#;*?::Zf;',";y;'21,"1t't'i,u,f,,)ii,"",t,*Tiansfi gurationor
uprb,rFonaloi'o*"i"r,Y:::,::#:,,Ui:"::'i::;,:::;;Y,-":;";:i:!k
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who also designed the OldWl'r i te House.
S l$$ 70s park Street (l
$ *# t 'wner, Iudgc Wil l ia
& S scrvcd a : thc (_ountyand sat on the Virginia SupreWar. Union victory ended his jin IBSB the first president oItalianate building is considrstructures downtown. flwo gzbay rvith a balcony supportedthe scalloped, c)?rus hoods orpeaks ancl ends ofthe gabies, tJand the clustered chimrreys.
Turn right orttct Lyons Court. Dbetter, then turn nrountl it fron
Lyons Court and Lyons (iourtowner of 610 Lyons Court, Jubelieved to have practiced larv I
* m" 610 Lyons Cour r (18
tr R home, norv rr;mcr. l Bt& e*J lohrr lcf l 'erson to Arner
dual windows, ancl a tripartitrcolumns was added in 1890. Tltank in the attic, suggesting thatidence with indoor piurnbing. Ar
]rg.n:" working with a pump
behind and left of I3onahora, 70its carriage house.
fi rs t, I e grsta ti o" ", tuu Ji,, ! il il:I':fralj.
wsin iat
ff,:,Ill,lfj,i:X*,,H:J,1,":.",'oeredbv'liffi::;#:::xJ;
S S 621parkStreet , t
# g f.ffi "{fi 1):,*'= i!'J-llil:,1*::';;@ .s*i rcnowned university of vi.ginia ;; i"ror"rrn.Iohn Barbec Minor ( l8t3_1g95). Minor was one of theIeading legal minds of lgth_cenrury America. F{e influ_enced thinking on secessi,mtses ol Recon:truct jon"l- ln"h:
voting r iglrts compro-
l irsr Iecislarinn o"r.kr;. .r-:_l1d he h,e].ued draft Virginia.s
W ru 620 park Stre,
$ H ff H;'.I;Hi{fi g # #i .:",,',','ff:HT,:il'i;ffi *lt :Ifil*,f*iT:i,tt;ffi JT n.l; let ijlt,T,." j:*jtr;::.#:$:*,fri',Fiiii:,; jlx,llJ*t;:*nonyo,co,,,,"f ;;;.TT:..r.:f tr...ft:nT'J;:[Ti#iTstudent at the Judge A<restored i. rhe 1970s JJ"r.#;."*eral,s
School. The house was
30 Tour D
beenlturyginiacen-wineitionrine-was built to face
be viewed partial-rf the block.
your path back tocontinue down thesite 11 or take anTransfiguration ofrhood"-and pickStreet.
rd, aby
SSOI
theflu-)ro-ila'sI the University's:udent, Woodrow
Ihis signifi-d in 1897 inVandegrift.
er (d. 1941),sed in 1950sLn rne ly5(rsstice Sandraile he was a: house was
{ *h 625 Park Street (1902) This residence, with an attrac-
I S tiu" Colonial Revival Doric paired colutnn portico, was
t **# designed by Washington aichitect Alfre<l B. Mullett,
who also designed the Old Executive Office Building near the
White House.
I jA 705 Park Street (1859; National Register) The first
I dS owner, |udge William foseph Robertson (1B17-1889),
I I served as the County's Commonwealth Attorney in 1850s
and sat on the Virginia Supreme Court from 1859 until the Civii
War. Union victory ended his judgeship, but he went on to become
in 1888 the first president of the Virginia Bar Association.This
Italianate building is considered one of the finest antebellum
structures downtown. Two gabled pavilions shelter an entrance
bay with a balcony supported by massive scrolled brackets. Notice
the scalloped, cyprus hoods over the windows, the brackets at the
peaks and ends of the gables, the stucco scored to imitate masonry
and the clustered chimneys.
Turn right onto Lyons Court. Drive down Lyons Court to see the next site
better, then turn around in front of it and come back to Park St.
Lyons Court and Lyons Court Lane took their names from the second
owner of 610 Lyons Court, Judge Thomas Barton Lyons, rvho is not
believed to have practiced law locally.
{ f OtO Lyons Court (1858) This beautiful Greek Revival
| \ no-., now named Bonahora for the ship that broughtI r,./ ]otr" Jefferson to America in 1619, features brick pilasters,
dual windows, and a tripartite window. The porch with Ionic
columns was added in 1890. The house has a 4,000 gallon water
tank in the attic, suggesting that it was the first Charlottesville res-
idence with indoor plurnbing. An elderly resident even recalled see-
ing men working with a pump rigged like a see-saw. The house
behind and left of Bonahora, 706 Lyons Court Lane, formerly was
its carriage house.
Tour D 3l
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. 603_605 Watson Avenue, IEnderly was a counrry estate. rroom were on the basement levthe half windows are easily visibporch. The house next door,6(Kltchen and servanl,s quarters.
"j l"o^rjtu St., Hard Bargain (nouse built in the HonreJtead
window. Notice alsgabreorthelffi;:ffiTllCochran\ Mill is located on a betgerous.due to taffic. Follow park Ss1yallbridSe acrix Meadow CreekRio Road. t**ralotrty ofun p,oiri,snal.l y;,hite house on tlri rrght nr,r7ad.
.Tale an imrnediate tiX ,ri,steps back tu the street tu vrcw the L
^ 1tt, *:, Rio Road, Cochran,s I
1.1.o Tl:riat house and miil wertreorge Gilmer,s pen park estate. TlT.lL"*,1 visibte jusr ro the righr rl_1lil3tl*.h: 1' a lieutenanr rn rhemrlrtra to Wil l iamsburg against Gov
::^':,"0 back, but GiJme"r s starus as a
.wdsl<.rtown as park Mill but was renaut 7829. For generations, a pond herSee directions following site 10,
, ]_ol l:.rr Drive, Church of the Trord {Metarnorphosis Soteros), Gre:omplelion, the Greek Orthodox Clll^i lf
alr:l.rtesviile,s mosr vibranrj]::i.".".* rmmigrant arrived here inlilrl ::
estabtish ttreir own busineoeen active entrepreneurs ttrrougfro;
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While you arein the neighborhood
. 603-605 Watson Avenue, Enderly (f859) When built,
Enderly was a country estate. A winter kitchen and dining
room were on the basement level of the main house, where
the half wir.rdows are easily visible beiow the large full width
porch. The house next door, 605 Watson, was its summer
kitchen and servant's quarters.
. 1105 Park St., Hard Bargain (1878) This two story frame
house built in the Homestead style has an attr:rctive bay
window. Notice trlso the finely deteriled woodwolk in tl.re
gable of the outbuiiding to the ieft of the rnain house.
Cochran's Mill is located on a bend that is particularly dan-
gerous due to trffic. FoIIow Park Street narth tuttil you cross a
small bridpe across Meadow Creek where Park Sfreet becomes
Rio Road. Immediately after passing a duplex on your right, yott will see a
small white house on the right nestled almost into the hillside below the
road. Take an imtnediate left onto Brookway Drive, park and walk a fewsteps back to the street to view the house.
. 435 East Rio Road, Cochran's Mill house (1754) Both the well-pre-
served colonial house and mill were built in 1754, and were part of Dr'
George Gilmer's Pen Park estate. The rnill is closest to the road, r'vith its
roof barely visible just to the right of the driveway. Gilmer was a leading
patriot, who as a lieutenant in the Albemarle Volunteers twice led local
nrilitia to Williamsburg against Governor Dunmore in 1775. The troops
turned back, but Gilmer's status as a leader did not suffer. By 1800, the site
was known as Park Mill but was renamed Cochran's Mill for a new owner
in 1829. For generations, a pond here was a popular location fbr skatirrg.
See directions lbllowing site 10.
. 100 Perry Drive, Church of the Transfiguration of Christ Our
Lord (Metamorphosis Soteros), Greek Orthodox (1954) Since its
completion, the Greek Orthodox Church has been the center of
one of Charlottesville's most vibrant immigrant communities. The
first Greek immigrant arrived here in 1903. Attracted by the oppof -
tunity to establish their own businesses, Greek immigrants have
been active entrepreneurs throughout the 20th century.
Tour D 33
Wreww'ffiEASTERN CHARLOTTESVILLE_WOOLEI'{ MILLS_BELMONT
his driving tour encompasses the eastern section of downtolvn
Charlottewille and the area arouud the Woolen Mills-a work-
ing-class neighborhood tl-rat grew up at the confluence of
Moore,s Creek and the Rivanna River. Additionally, two historic struc-
trres are inclucled in the Beimont section of charlottesville-southeast
of dorvntorvn*as well as a beautiful home to the northeast'
The tour l:egirts at Nlaplewootl Cemetery jr'tst north oJ the tlawnto"t'n malL
at the cornelr of Lexingtotr Ayenue and Maple Street. There ate entrances t0
t lrc centeter) ' ott I 'ot l t af thesc roads.
S Maolewood Cemetery (1831) One of Charlottesville's oldest
& cernetcrrc-s, many of Maplewood's slumbering denizens led
A fascinatine lives. Some <'f the most interesting include: local
boy-made-good ancl city benefactor Paul Goodloe Mclntire
(rsOO-rsil; Benjamin Franklin Fickiin, one of the founders of
the Pony Express '1827-1871); Lettitia Cox Shelby (1723-
1777), the ntothe, of Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor; and
two Conlecterate generals*iohn Marshall Jones, who was killed
at the Battle of ihe Wil.letness leading the famed "Stonewall
Brisade" (1821-i864), and Armistead Lindsay Long' Robert E'
mi l i t r ry sccrc la rv and b iographcr ( I 825- | 89 I ) '
Lee's
Frott Maplewoorl take Lexirtgtort Atenue south to !'
nigh Street' Merge
right onto n. High antl travel one block' Note that the road changes to 9th
Sireet. Turn right on E. Jefferson Street and travel one block' 8a2 E'
lefferson is on the left ttt the first corner'
802 E. Iefferson Street (f820) Constructed by Dr' Charles
Carter, this beautifr.rl three-story Federal townhouse is typical
of the sq4e poprular tluring the nation's early years' The
home's features include wooclen lintels with corner blocks and a
transom over the entrance. The bottom two stories were laid in
Flemish Bond, rvhiie the third story-obviousiy a later addition-
was set in American Bond'
Tour E 35
ri:;,:,?:"11!:;:;,!,!illi,i,,il;l{J;!:::,;,,#;:::,,,,!:!:;r;!l,T!**"*p E. Ivlarket Srreet l.l
;fl lr-idti fi i[ -il :u, {tr Fii:: :j*It,;*1:'i :i*ilLr****:-i',lffirmf:'ortant thorouglrfares wdr one ol Ccntral Virginia,.s first
The Charlottesville Wooleuntil just after World Warlargest industr ies. A ferv rrWoolen Mil ls can st i l l bcstreet. Tire miilt brick offnow serves as a condornini
The Woolen Mills (Market and Rirersidereslonse to a religi<':M:t*iii;x_:r;!::lj!:,#ir
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Woolen MilJs comnrunitydenorninationa.l chapel wastlre,mil l workers. I t was conrDul.tdrng was nlore tiran drSunday School classrooms torcar exampie of late_l9th_ct
1on, the chapel features; pr
snutters;,a -steeply pitched 1octagonal Victorian spire. Th
to call the service.
l90l T.Market Street (crng rs known as..Woolen"The Woolen Mills Tave
the 1850s and was iater used a
I907-1908, 1909_l9l( I88I) Aiongside,.pireus Sstructed by the Charlottes.
laborers. The quaint U.i.t .ortu1
Take Riverside Street north andwrth Lhesctpeake Streel. Turn in.
Riverview park_Riversiof Charlottesville's Greergreat way tt l experience t
4i c.fitr ()rrc bbck takeinuttely onc. rtiil,.
:li,r-,f' road tviis oiigi,the lllue Riclgc and
nna River (east oflrcstcnt Alircmat.le
d Thrce Norch'd (tir{ ' the couutv ir : fhrntral liirginia's lirst
v,, i.t h Ri rcrside S t reettur left). park in tlisrltsirit..
r the \\irolen Millscollluerice of' t*,o
jt'er. This area iJncen nexui^, leaturing:ls), named 1br Col.: IJ o1'lnsjencl; thc
(c .1 l i i5 ) -ca i led
i]lian.-s ft lcie'd th cit.vooden rdi-bridgcSpulred on lry tire
), the \,\ibolcn Mills;. \\jhat stat.ted as a, spreacl steadil,v to
4ill.s was lirunilrdLr'.' ihe Rivanna795. Prior to rher slave garrnents.'delate uri lorms.rat i{)nai r ecogni_:d\ ' supplvir. :g 9{}\{1cst Iroiut.
The Charlottesvi l le Wbolen Mil ls closed in 1964, but irom rhe 1890suntil just after world war II the company was one of ce'tral virgir:ia'slargest industries. A ferv important old structures associated rvith thewoole' Mills can still be seen along the last few blocks of ll. Ivlarlie rStreet. The miil's brick office building (1915 E. Market), fbr exanplc,now scrves as a condominium.
The Woolen Mills Chapel (1887) On the corner of E.Market and Rivelside Streets the chapel was constructed in
denominational chapel was funded by a public subscription olthe miil workers. It was consecrated on 13 May 188g. ln l90g thebuilding was more than doubled in size with the addition ofSunday School classroorns to the west side ofthe sanctuary. A typ-ical exampie of late-19th-century vernacular church constfuc_tion, the chapel features: pointed Gothic doors, winclows, anclshutters; a steeply pitched gabie roof; and a bear.rtilul 50-tbotoctagonal Victorian spire. The steeple bell still rings each Sunclayto call the service.
sryEs'
sthe
1901 E. Market Street (c. late 1830s) This small brick builcj_ing is known as "Woolen Mills Cottage," "pireus Storc-,,,ar.rd"The Woolen Mills Tavern." It became a conpanv stor.c ir.r
1850s and was iater used as factory-owned housing.
1907-1908, 1909-19t0, lgr l-1912 E. Market Street( l88l) Alongside "Pireus Store" these three duplexes \verc con-structed by the Charlottesville Woolen Mills ai horrsing for irs
laborers. The quaint brick cottages feature double-gabled rools.
Tlke Riverside Street north and travel one block tct the rntersecuonwith Chesapeake Street. Turn into the park on the right.
Riverview Park-Riverside and Chesapeake Streets (1993)of Chatlottesviile's Greenbelt Trail System, Rivervierv parkgreat way to experience the beautiful Rivar-rna River. Frorn
i)ar Ii s athc
W response to a religious fervor that sw-ept through the\{oolen Mills community in 1886. This white clapboard non_
'Fcur E 17
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over the portiby General Gfr iend of GeCharlottesviile
Sitting alongsiatmportant hom<
{ ry 30st2lI lr coftage
a tu Nicholzchimney is typirrated with brickelevation's Iargunsympathetic,,
was used as a heBanastre Thrletorrng.ternporari ly
ary, these adjacent jrnvading cavalryn
Return to E. Jeferstorrng you to 9th Stt
I *$eOrE.lef t i
I - { nalconsrru
T_.y ro in lBB4acdrtion in six_courrr:1r1".n,E. Jeffersowrth tour columns or5lvrvat columns on rlugnts and rectangular
While
From the intersectioncross the bridge over ttonto Belmont Avenue.
)proximately 1.3
ge. On any given
kely encounterdng, and fishingLlso a big favorite:tely accessible to
e open every day
rc efitrafice to RivervietvI Riverview.
and Riverviewrad loop of the
1 place of many of
y members. Here,-1910) , who man-
; from 1867 untilremains of two1734-1808) , the
and Clark fame;eneath the tall obelisk,rer (1836-1910), rvho,renandoah in 1864, was
utheast for a an excellent
rcake Street west for three
first let't onto E. Jefferson,t.
7) Ituown as "The)rofessor John A. G.
/ murdered by a stu-
sh Bond, this home
1 tastes. The features
;ht and carved key-
ns and entablature;ks, a Chinese trellis
over the portico. Interestingiy, this home was used as a headquarters
by General George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), a West Point
fr iend of General Rosser's during the Federal occupation of
Charlottesville, 3-6 March 1865.
Sitting alongside "The Farm" is another of Charlottesville's hktorically
important homes.
| /g 309 l2th Street (c.l770) This painted-brick, vernacular
I / cottage is the second structure built on this site by
I fuNictr" las Lewis (1734-1308). I ts large, buttressed
chimney is typical of early Virginia homes. The cornice is deco-
rated with brick modillions extending from the walls. The east
elevation's large dormers and French windows are later"unsympathetic" additions. This earlier version of "The Farm"
was used as a headquarters 4-5 June l78l by British Colonel
Banastre Tarleton when he captured Charlottesville-then serv-
ing temporarily as Virginia's capital. Interesting to note that, ironical-
ly, these adjacent homes were used by two of Virginia's most infamous
invading cavalrymen.
Return to E. Jefferson and turn right, west. A short hop of three blocks will
bring you to gth Street. The next stop is on the corner, to the right.
I a gOt E. Iefferson Street (1806-1807) After its origi-
| { nd .onstruction this large, rambling home was added
I Lf to in 1884 and 1907. The last, a tlvo-story, five-bay
addition in six-course American Bond was put up across the
southern, E. jefferson, facade including: a two-story portico
with four columns on the first level topped by Tuscan, Colonial
Revival columns on the second; a double entrance with side-
lights and rectangular transom; and double-sash windows.
Whilc you are in the neighborhood
From the intersection of E. Jefferson and gth
cross the bridge ouer the railroad tracks and,onto Belmont Avenue, The first stop is in the
streets, turn left onto 9th,three blocks later, turn leftmiddle of the second block.
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was constructedarnple of Flernishgables. Other f-ea-decorative brick
ntrance.
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lnorth) onto Locttsf Ave.819 on the right.
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'1 Maplewood Cemetery
2 802 EastJefferson St'
3 East tularket St
4 Woolen Mills Neighborhood
5 The Woolen Mills
6 The Woolen Mills ChaPel
7 1901 East Market St
8 1907-1908, 1909-1910,
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9 Riverview Park
10 Riverview Cemeiery
1201 East Jefferson St'
309 12th. st.901 East Jefferson St'
Belmont Neighborhood759 Belmont Ave
1102 Carleton Ave.
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Cemeteries20 204 Ridge St.21 Mt. Zion Baotist Church22 401 Mclntire Rd.
%wffi'WEST MAIN STREET / RIDGE STREETDRIVING TOUR
his 3-mile tour is too long to be walked in its entirety, but park-ing is available along the route so that short segments could bewalked.
The tour begins in the parking lot between Ridge-Mclntire Road and4th Street, N.W. This is Vinegar Hill, the site of Charlottesville's firsturban renewal project in the mid-1960s. At that time, this was anAfrican-American residential neighborhood with a mixture of rentaland owner-occupied houses. Zion Union Baptist Church stood on abluff above 4th Street. A creek known as Schenk's Branch ran throughthe neighborhood. Most of the late 19th-century commercial build-ings along W. Main Street housed African-American-owned business-es. (See the state historical marker on W Main Street in front of theOmni Hotel.) The name "Vinegar Hill" goes back at least 150 years,and its origins are uncertain.
f Corner of 4th and Commerce streets, |efferson High School
| (1926-1967) Across 4th Street from the parking lot and fac-I ing south on Commerce Street is )efferson High School, thefirst public high school for African-Americans in the city. The cityfirst instituted public schooling, both for blacks and for whites, inthe 1870s. After ]ackson P. Burley High School on Rose Hill Driveopened in 1951, this became |efferson Elementary School, and wasenlarged several times over the years. It closed in 1964.
F*it the parking lot, turning right (south) onto Ridge-Mclntire, then turnright onto W Main Street.
West Main Street follows the route of the old Three Notch'd Road, con-$ructed in the 1730s by improving an old Indian trail to provide a routebetween Richmond and the Shenandoah Valley. This stretch betweenCharlottesville and the University remained a rural road until well into
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ihc t91h ecrr i l r" ' . ' l 'he estirbi ishmenr o1'union stat ion in 1Bg5 at therrr lcrsecrion oi two r;r i l road l ines threc blocks west of herc spurreci t i reopcui;rg of inns and hotels. hi the eartry 2Otl i century, these rvere joincclirrr ' - ' - "c, 'sral ioi .rs a'c1 automobile dealers. The area suft-ered a periorJ' l 'dccl i*c in the last half cf the ce'tr-rry when rai l travel dirninisl .red.
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m 6 t 7*6, e W. Main Srr",{b Thi\ is th€ l . l5t \urviv%#r' once stood alongChar'lottesvilie and U.Va. _8,e n l a r g e d c . l 9 I 1 _ 1 9 1 3 , r r wter centuf),. Renarned the Alued in operation unti l thefour Corinthian columnsgr"rests. A srna.ll second_storydow and an elaborate presse
632'[,V. h4ain Street, FirI864, 800 African-AmerBaprisr Church rvirhdre
years later, rhey purchased tserved as a Cii,il \tar hospital;Amerir. ,rn chi lcirrrr. They init il nc Prescn l | i c i t_ , r ian Romrr1.877 anJ cornpleted in 18g4. .tron, anci, like its parent cl.rurcl
"{i W. &nai:,r Street and R.idge-Mclntire-Lewis antl Ciark:. ' Statue T'he s[:rtue in the micldlc of the interscction is by
. i , ,*: i ( l l . ,ar lcs Keck and conmemorates the 1803-1iJ06 Lewisanel Lllar'l<. E.tpedition. -ihe
thr:ee figures are Albernarle Countyirriiiv'. hieiirverhcr Lewis, Williarn Clark, ancl Sacajawea, tl.resir*slirrnc \\r'ii'ii1' who se'vecl as their guide. Locai pl-rilar-rthro-nisi | ; iui ( loo,ikre Mclnt ire commissir:ne<l the statue in 1919.
"" j , : i" l , : i W" Main Street ( i820, 1833-1S40) i l 'he oiclest'uir, , i i : rnaining bui lding on the ' i 'hrec Notch'd Road
:",.,.,ji i:etrvr:r.n (lhariortcsvillc and the Universit;., thisirLrir . ' ;L .r-ousisis crf trvo Fcdei-al side-hal l-plan townhous-r-rs. i l t r : castcrn c,ne bui l t in 1820 aird thc western, c. ig33_ll i -10. i l rstrr i tc rnany alterir t ions ovcr the years, theirFi*nl isl i bond t l ' ickrtork, stepped gables, and mouse_' icrth iornice rcnrain. George P. Inge, an Afr ican-Americ.n sci-rool-i- t 'ache r ar-r i l chair i 'an o1't ire local Republican lrarty, establ ishcd a grc-ccr l ' s lo r r ' rn the main l loor in 1890, and i t was cor - r t inued byh is sor runti l 1979. The family original ly i ived above thc store, and Ceorse{l lnc's FIarnl-rton lnst i tute ciassinate, Booker T. Washingto', rvas ,r l i . lnthcir guest therc.
Tfur,n left tsttl:o 7th Street, 5,W.,t t t l t l t i l l u l l t r r t t i i . . , , , ; i l s i , t i i an p t
,'.; 50"1 r&. r\iain Srreet (n824) With its Flemish bond brick_
:;i" r,::,. r'r,|rk, nrousciooth cornice, eu.rtain wail between tire chim_'$ n,:ys, an,:1 siile -hall {'1oor plail, this house is represcntative of
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8I0 W Mail 5rreet Uni,S { . r f i o r r w a s D i i i l t i n l g g 5 ,(Southern R.ailroad) and
enlargecl and remodelcrl ur the lcentury this wouid have been tlers and their first sight ofCharktea roout on the upper ler..el andthe tracks to W Main Street. Althe declilre in rail trar,el, restoral
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and Clark:ction is by1806 LewisLrle Countyajawea, thepliilanthro-e ln lY lY .
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American school-established a gro-rtinued by his son;tore, and Georgelington, tvas often
rond brick-n the chim-:sentativr ofby prosper-of the 19th
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617-619 W. Main Street, Hotel Gleason/Albemarle (1896)This is the last survivor of the many inns and hoteis thatonce stood along the road between downtown
Chariottesville and U.Va. Built in 1896 as the Hotei Gleason andenlarged c.1911-1913, i t was the city 's premier hotel for a quar-ter century. Renamed the Aibemarle Hotel in the 1930s, it contin-ued in operation unti l the rnid-1970s. The recessed loggia withfour Corinthian columns once held rocking chairs for hotelguests. A small second-story port ico-in-antis has a Palladian win-dow and an elaborate pressed metal entablature.
632 W. Main Street, First Baptist Church (f 877-1884) in1864, 800 African-American members of the CharlottesvilleBaptist Church withdrew to organize a new church. Four
years later, they purchased the old Delavan Hotel, which hadserved as a Civil War hospital and later as a free school for African-American children. They initialiy took its name for their church.The present Victorian Romanesque style building was begun in1877 and cornpleted in 1884. It is still occupied by rhe congrega-tion, and, like its parent church, is called First Baptist.
Turn left onto 7th Street, 5.W., at the light next to the church, thenright into the railroad station parking lot.
{ etO W Main Street Union Station (t885, c.l9l5) Union
/ Station was built in l8B5 at the junction of the north-south, (Southern Railroad) and east-west (C&O) lines. It wasenlarged and remodeled in the 1913-1918 period. For over half acentury this would have been the point of arrival for most travel-ers and their first sight of Charlottesville. In its heyday, there was atea room on the upper level and an elevated covered walkway overthe tracks to W. Main Street. After decades of deterioration withthe decline in rail travel, restoration was begun in 1998.
Return to W. Main Street and continue west.
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633-817 W. Main Street Most of these commercialbuildings date from rhe late 19th and ea.ly ZOrh .en_turies" Al1 are vernaculaL wirh some Victorian J;,rlir.
The builcling at 7I 1 \4.r. Main Stre et has a metal_clua tu.oa.that rnatches that of t i .re Anderson e"l lai"g
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,h.Univer"sity Corner (see' lbur G, site g).
l":Li:t**wn Bridge \4tren the railroad bridge was rebuilrin i998, i l was nainecl jn honor of tespecietl local African_,American civil r.ights leader Drewary Br,rrun (f SlS_f SSS), ornan
"vho in his riietirne *,orked to build tt;ag""tii*.., uliirl,,,scgmeitts cll' the cotnmunttv.
o n d h o u s c , I I 1 3 , n ahas par-apsl gables, irarbove narrori paired ,original. A brick depewrth servants'quarter
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furn leJi onto jcllcrsonHere the tour. /ent,ts tlrtWhttelar's {lortd, anotfur tbclvt,et:n the 1960 nrrt l 19,YoLt poss trndei tht scttVictorian hrtusc ,rt!l ltt vionlo Lanc. Llond.
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q f-e ?93^*..Main Street (r850s, le35) Builr h the:$ # F r. i)us, Urrs vci.nacular house with simple Greekd[ R*F licvival dcrri]s and a cor.belecl brick cornice with
brick. dentils, is representative clf a forrn that remarnedpopular here up until the Civil War. fn. Uuila,ng *usextenrled to the rei lr in 1935, and the pnrt. .* lr .r . on.iColonial Revival verancla are also ZOtl.,_..nt.,rf uJd,rionr.
t d : |r t W Main Srreet (1907) This handsorne lef iersoniand ; r(c\,rYal trousc wrth a ful l_height Tuscan port ico was bui i t inA & tS0Z hy l , r l r r r S . par io r r , rvho was lu rer l ib ra r ia r r l t U .Vr . l t wasadapted for use as a bank in 1954.
At this point:, thc tour ayerlaps the University Corner l4lalkirtg Toitr(Tour G) .for a short distnnce.
$ -S 111i,-l r I i W. Main Streer (1823, 1839) The east-
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:r" or ,l:r,. hvo fine Federal side-hall_pian rown-
_e &s hotrscs, I l l l , l ias zr wooden cornice with modil_lions and ei;g-and-dart moukling. ft i. p-i"t ff the eartier,built in lE2l. Its coirstrucrion is aitributei to JamesDinsmore, one of Jeffer.son,s master buila"r, ,t t ir.University ancl a firrmer owner of the propertl Uut th. ,.._
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; handsome Jeffersonianscan portico was built in:r librarian at U.Va. It was
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1839) The east-.hall-plan town-ice with modil-bably the earlier,ruted to Jamesruilders at theerty, but the sec-
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ond house, 1113, was apparently built after Dinsmore's 1830 death. It
has parapet gables, a mousetooth cornice' and a fine fish-eye transom
above narrow paired entrance doors' The small entrance porches are not
original. A brick dependency adjacent to 12th Street' probably a kitchenwith servants' quarters above, survives.
I 3 l2rl, l215 W. Main Street (1826, mid-1800s) This hand-
| 4 to-" Federal townhouse was built in 1826 on land pur-I tJ .hused from iefferson's master builder James Dinsmore,and construction is attributed to him. It has Flemish bond brick-work, a mousetooth cornice, stepped gables with an attic thermal
window, and delicate fantight and sidelights at the entrance' The
small entrance portico and two-story enclosed side porch are 20th-
century additions. From 1838 to 1913 this house was occupied by
the family of Clement P. McKennie (1798-1856), who, with hisbrother, published Charlottesvilie's first newspaper in 1820' The
building to the west, the'Annex," was probably built in the mid-1800s and may have been used as student housing.
I A 1223 W. Main Street University BaPtist Church (1928-
I I'& l9zsl This large impressive church has its origins in thet B Hign Street Baptist Church built in i90l ' In the 1920s the
congregation decided to relocate here, closer to the University' in
order to provide a house of worship for students. The six-columnedbrick church was designed by Richmond-based architect HerbertLevi Cain.
Turn left onto Jffirson Park Avenue at the l ight in front of the church.
Here the tour leaves the route of the Three Notch'd Road and followsWheeler's Road, another early route. It passes under the railroad tracks and
between the 1960 and 1985 buildings of the {Jniversity Hospital' Just afterylu pass under the second of two large, enclosed walkways, a large
Victorian house will be visible on a hiII to the left. Turn left, iust before it,
onto Lane Road.
I lp 1404 Jefferson Park Avenue (1S96) This imposing house with
I \ i" picturesque roofline, octagonal tower, porte cochere' ornateI r"/ chimneys, and elaborate Romanesque Revival entrance was the
home of Dr. Paul W. Barringer ( 1857-1941). As professor of rnedicine
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and chairnan of thc l:rr:ultv at U.Va., he i,u,as tl-re dr.ivingfbrce behind the cstabl i .shrnen{ o1,rhe Universitv Llospital in1901. Among thc guests of rhe Univcrsity rvhom theBarringers entertained herc rvtre \ \ / i i l i . rrn fcnr-r ings l3ryan in1897 atrd Plesic'lent 'I'heoclore
Rooseveh in 1903. The houscn'as restored ir: I !_)85.
Ridge Street was once onethe city, the home of prosracially integrated neighbcfree African-American fanAvenue in the l840s andAmericans built houses ar 1I900s many houscs rvere <realignment of Ridge withtwo and caused the destrurthe eariy I 840s.
At the tra.ffic light, turn righonto a small access road leaaStrcet. Imntediately in front
| ry$2 R idge St ree t ,A lf ff vernacular house wr
^ X vivor of the AlberColonel Iohn Bowie Stran,beginning of the Civil WaBoonesboro while leading anever re-opened. The housebuilt by central Virginia's nThe entrance doo. riith sideflat-roofed port ico are typict
R.etrace your stcps to Ridge Strthe trafic light.
Most of the remaining houseDetween lB70 and 1920 atVictorian or Colonial Revival
| ffi 505 Ridge Srreer (ct f% sreppcd gables, Fiem
f \*d tooth cornice, and 1irical of the Federal style. Itslrghts, transom, and fluted pilno t o r ig ina l . A l though i rs s t
F'ollou' Lanc Road to the leli.bthirrLr tht: r9g5 hospitar btrilding, ih*t reJionto Crispell Driye ttt thc 9fh-lOth streets crtnrrcr:tor.
Sally l{ernings's son lVracliso' IJemings ol'ed property in this area, a'dshe js b-elieved to have spent her last t.eirrs hergirfter leaving Monticcllo.No buildi'gs remain fr.m that time. se'eral brocks r,vest of here, ircrossJeff-erson Park Avenue ti.m New cabeir 1-Iall, archeor.gicar research hasbeen done at the 1833 house sire and graveyard of rhe lamily of Kit tyFoster, r frce Ai i ican-Amcritan ,u,, ,rrrn.
Turn right (south) onto the 9th-l\th streets c\nrtector dttd cross cherryAvenrLe, where the street beconcs 9th Strcet, S.I\r.
This 'cighborhood is Fifeviile. Visiblc 'n the r"ighr, u' a long pri'aredriveway, is oak Law'. o'i-strect pariiing affbrds'a vierv of the house.
€ *4 501 grh Streer, S.W., Oak Larvn (tg22) This vt't1s rhe flrst
€ ffi burlciirg in chrrrottes'ille to recei'e a' i'divitl'ar iisting o'
e %'y the National Registcr ofl{istoric places. Its form is that ofthePalladian villa' witir a rrvo-srory pedimentecr cenrrar block fra'ked b'one-story side pavilions. It.s Tr-rscan portico a'd Fre'-rish bo'rl iri.ick-work are firrther exarnples of thc Federal st1,le. It w,as built in 1tt22 bycolonel Nim'od 13rarnhar', a court squ:rre mercha't. co'srructio'isattributed to |ames l)i's'rore,;ur lrish catpe'ter bro'ght to thc areaby
'rhon'ras .|efters.n, oak Larvn has rreen ir the Fife farnilv since i g,17
and was meticuiously restorcd. in r99g. rt was origi'aily surrouncrecr by aItantation o1'338 acres, irearry all of rvl.rich has*norv been subdir..idcd.Bramham and File graveyards are locatecl south of the house,
Returil to Cherry Avenne and turn right (east). Crsrftinue to tlte traJficlight nt the top of the hill, at the intersection with Rid,{e Streer.
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re drivingIospital inrhom thes Bryan infhe house
Dital building, then leftlot.
operty in this area, andier leaving Monticello.;ks west of here, ircrossreologicai research hasof the family of Kitty
:ector and cross Cherry
ght, up a long privatea view of the house.
This was the firstrdividual listing ons form is tl-rat of theal block flanked bylemish bond brick-ras built in 1822byurt. Construction is:rought to the areae family since 1847;inally surrounded by anow been subdivided.'the house.
Continue to the trafficTidge Street.
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Ridge street was once one of the most fashionabre residentiar streets inthe.city,.the home of prosperous merchants and businessmen. It was aracially integrated neighborhood from the very beginning, with severalfree African-American families owning rro-., t'".. and on LankfordAvenue in the 1840s and 1g50s. Aftei the Civil War, more African_Americans built houses at the far southern end of the street. In the mid_1900s many houses were divided into apartments or demolished. Therealignment of Ridge with 5th Srreet in 1973 cut the neighborhood intwo and caused the destruction of eleven more houses, some dating tothe early I 840s.
At the trffic liglrt, turn right onto Riclge Street, and immediately turn leftonto a small access road leading to the disconnected southern ,ia o7 AUg,Street. Immediately in front of you will be #17.
| 1 $2 Ridge Street, Albemarle Military Institute ( 1854) This
l / ff:Tiiff Tffi:f,.:if,ffi ',ffilff :,i:n?;HColonel |ohn Bowie Strange (1823_1862) from 1856 until thebeginning of the Civil War. Strange was kilied at rhe Battle ofBoonesboro while leading a local iniantry regiment, and the schoolnever re-opened. The house is believed to have been designed andbuilt by central Virginia,s master brickmason William B. phillips.The entrance door with sidelights and rectangulu. irurro_ and theflat-roofed portico are typical of the Greek nJuilr"t ,tyte.
Rarace"yoy.r sleps to Ridge Street, turn right, and continue straight throughthetrfficlight.
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t.^::*aining houses on this secrion of Ridge Street were builtbetween 1870 and 1920 and are vernacular buiidings with eitherVictorian or Colonial Revival details.
t O 505 Ridge Street (c.lS4s) This house has the
I I stepled gables, Flemish bond brickwork, mouse_
I \.,7 tooth cornice, and lintels with corner blocks typ_ical of the Federal style. Its fine entrance features side_llghts, transom, and fluted pilasters. The entrance porch isnot original. Although its style is more typicai of the
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1B20s' inv' rec,or-ds indicate that it was built c.lg4s, ivhich still makcs itor-lc lrf lhc cirrliest remaining on the street.
')itrr: rtght onta Oalc Skeet:.
'_! , q .Oakwsrod, Zion. and Hebrew Cemeteries Three cemeteries
r " * ' . 31g l .)c"l icL[ one block east of Ridge Street. The large ceme_trrv on the right is C)akwood, a prublic cclnetery establisl,red
in thc r:arly i 36{}s" On the ieft is Zion cemetery, a smail, oid,,African_r\rnerican i-ernetcrv. Hebren, Cemetery is iocated east of OakwoodCerneter:i', across South Xst Street.
Ilc.turr ttt l?.idy.e Street and turn right (north).
'.s* ,-""* 204 li.idge Street (1862) This is one of only three
;s $ $"r lorrr rrLrc Gothic Revival cottages in the cit,v.
#toeJ "*d 'f he rvalls ar.e covered with the orieinal rusticated
rvooden siciing. The tleiicately undularing .awnwork gabletrim is unique. Later additions have fillecl in the rear cor-ners ofthe originaliy i'-shaped structure, and several streetr'r'idenings have made its English basement iess usable. Thepresent veranda reirlaced the origirrai one-bay entranceporeh in i923. u\ nicetry' dctailed dependency also survives.
,'r i ;05 Ridge Street Mt. Zion Baptist Church (18S3_1384)
. * M, Ziorr l lantist Church was organized in 1g67 by a group
r .es ..' ct the 800 Afric,ur-American members of the Charlottesvillel3aptisi {)irurch r.r'ho had rvirhdrawn rheir rnembership in 1g64. Theprescnt Romanesque R.evival building was erected in 1gg3_igg4,replaci'g . smatrler v'uo<len church building- lt rvas designectr ancibuilt by liidge Street resiclenr G. Waliace Spooner, whose father hadbe en o*e of ]ef{'ersoiis br-rilders at u.va. r'he steeple and the stainecigiass'r i :rciorvs u,ere coinpleted in the ig90s. Thc octagonai lanternatop the entlance iower was originally wooden shingled ar.rd hadcighi pcdimented window vents.
[:ollow Ritlge strce t north across w" Main street, riown the hill past thislout"s storting point, and ocross preston -lh,enue. rhe street 1tecontestlchttire R.aad at this trtoirtt"
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i.*r..:t: .:i*;r* Sciictol (rn hich had inter Lrljngjpal james 1ir.. l,aner ' L ' l l i . . 1 " , r , . , j . . r . , . , ( _ l ; , . k o f Ic l , , : t . J i r , , ] r . j o i R r . r l , s c l i l C > lilt)tt*titlfgririiOil i;il.^,,s. It re_opt l c s ( F r r t l t . , i \ \ r i t o r j i i l r c i d c r i r( n , r ! t { , , . r . r ; i l . i l i c n 5 c n o o l i r r, l ) d L \ i . . r : : , r \ { . i r , . - , r . l u t l c . i t . . j
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till makes it
netenese ceme-rblishedA.frican-akwood
ru ruitt Mclntire Road Lane High School (1940) Lane High
l_ d":.1""1 :t.::d, in .1e40, replacins the otd Midway Hilh
ed MSchool (which had been re_named in 1924 in honor of dr_mer principal James w. Lane) as the city's high school for white stu_dents. Pendleton Clark of Lynchburg *o, ih. architect" Lane wasclosed for the 1958 fall sernester under Virgi'ia's "Massive Resistance,,anti-integration larvs. It re-opened fbr the spring semester and wasdesegregated without inciclent in Septernber lSSsl It was replaced bycharlottesville High school in i 974 and was sold to Albemu.L cotrntyand extensively rernodeled for.use as thc county olficc building.
*1884)a grouprttesville164. The-1884,
ned andfier had: stained. lanternmd had
hill past this'eet becomes
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WffiIggsgRNER rouR"W*
h" tour will guideyou through the university co.rer district,&":,T:ii.T,-,1'J:","".1HrI;:I1**::.,#hii*::,.Hstreet from the University of Virginia.
The phrase ,.the Corner,,was first used in the early 1900s by Universitystudents and referred to the sparse c;il;;:;,lores anc{ businesses arthe intersectio' of University Ave"r. ;;;;;;;;"Grounds-once lireralry ;.,ri u .o.,r.. in.'L"rrl:: :",1n"
Universiryfive city blocks of arou"a_tn._.ro.tl;;.,.r::1,:i;.',r.. srown to
:'xx;:$::t:::f i],tf.t?-Th'"'as refferso', then retirecr rrom his twoment to establish u .ror."Y''l::-L1s the guiding force behind tht-;;;;:,.i,oor,*u,.o[o;; ; ffi ;:.:.#,:lJ:Jii'rix':?ffnji:,,?lll:rocky field ar the crest of a hill .,
" i:,._ .".". o*i.o O, lnn es Mo'roe.
f','itfll}:tltffJlfiT],i uVa', comprising a vlrage separare and-yl r", rr *;;:;';' ;T llJfi i il] .,il: :il?,:it;,, : :i f: ":jme htrle vi'age of "Universiry." This ,"". *"'i 'g;rd" y.u rlrrough the his_toric "downtown,, district
"r',r," riu"g.
"; ;"T:i,,n virginia*knownIor the past one hundred years as ..the Corner.,,
,;:!,t:_rP,!::r.teenth Sneet garage. Take the etevator down to the grountl,i;::,m,;::,to teft as you exil. Head up;;,-,:;;;,, anct head east a,t
I l30l wertland street, wertland (c.lg29) william \^/ertenbakerf built this home bet
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tB2B and 1830, anct calied it
ffi t*;i::;*ff 'i;,Ifl ^E.i'Jffi :i"YJlTii'1;ff "Jjganr, turn of the 20th-c"";y:li:-o
ttreet is today linea witt .i.-
:nu:T.din,o*ua.,,,;;'j.iil.l;-.:';H:Tl:*irlT,:"."?spent her summers on \A/er.tland ,r*.i *iril.",.)cnrry tjrah,ins
Tour G 53
classes at rhc U.\, 'a. surrrner school frorn i9t2 to ir)16. i .he reputedacldress oi hcr i i rni lv 's honrc is I2l2 \ terr land Stree t.
[],]; ,1:i:,',',*un Streei antJ trrn right on t2h srrt3et, the il n,uilt dou,tt
hood eacl-r ii:1,,,. a.s ,tr ians, hor"ses atrcicrossinll on Lrnivecarious. A cut h,as (to accotnnrodate tthe Unive-rsit1- usedlet ic evenfs olt rhir"Briclge oi Sc.;res.,,
1405*1409 {.'J' ir is one-stor
repiacecl a serir
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: lV. Main Sfreet (1826, mid_t800s) A hanclsonrcy' Fedcral to\!nholrsL. wa-s built in 1B26 ""
i"".f purchased ll.onr&*o jeffersoirt rnasfer builcler, Ia,mes Oj".r"r"l"rO cor.rstrucrion isa*rib,rccJ b hii'. it has Fiemish lr,rrJlr;;.k;;rk, a rnousctoothcornice' steppecl gabres rvith an attic ,h.."r"i'*lroow ernd delicate.fanlight a'd side iigj.rt. o.t tr'r. errr?rrce. irr. r-"ii errrarce porticoand tr.vo-sbr.v eIctosect side porcir;;;;il;#;rl,v additions. Fronr1838 ro i9 t3 ihc houseMcKen. ie ( 1 ?r; " i il;'i{::.::'-:: J,L::",?,l']ff1:f:,i"Tj.nc\v \ l ) i t l . c r in t r i20 . .Vc t .
i*,.'''ffi 1xi:,:":',1,1;;in{.,';H:iT1"nTl:,::1,:i",'-:i::iljarrd may h.u. 1,..n u,.;;Ii::il,TjJ,,',l:*'t built in the mia-rsoo,
stre stnce the nt jd 1William l-lrown oDerdccades. l-j.re \4 h;r" qknorn,n frrri".u, in ti
"'3 f 22J W. Main Srreet, University Baptist Church* &
(1928-1929) Ihis rargc ut.rpres.sive slructure has its%."r .riginr in rhc Flisrr street Baptist church b'i l t in1901. In the i920s fhe congregation decicle<i to relocatehere, closer to the Univer:siry] iri.ra.l i. ,1"",0. a houseof worship for stucjcnts. f.he s.ix_colun.rnecl brick churchwas de.signcd by Richnroncl_irrn.,a "r.irir"lr i..iirt r-.,riCain.
#Wffiffir4I i - - - ,1415 UnBuildirrg (1914)unrversit,y Book
n_aued lbr irharitracistChanccllor s I)i.rrgstorelart of a n:ajor. rerrovatWorld War I, rhr Chaapart lxcnts for studerDet<)w When thc struccoach Johnny Lal{or,ve rout of the micidlc storefi
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leorSe Itogers Clark Monument, (1919) On the sourh sidc cfs*S! rhc srr.cer is il statue of n"nnri..rmurr,-;;.g. Rogcrs Clar.k.
,, p f1is."ra.by Roi:er.r Aiken and ;; i.;"; lere, the site islrarled by he*rlocks, s).cantores ancl pi'e trees. The sttrtue rvas a gifito the ciry by paul G. N{cl'tire, nur;u. .,"n-u'i pLoiific benefactor.
ffi The c&o Raih'oad Bridgc l'he chesapeake & ohio railroad trachs*-=furuc 'e
ia i t l r l r l , r rg i r rhe i ,n ivers i ry . ; ; ; ; ; , , r , , i r rourrd I850, xn l l,Y]]: i"
originatly.level with the .* ";; l,;;o,,rt. ry the tare t8e0srnere lvere ncarry thirty passenger trains run'ing through trre ,eighiror_
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rnarked the entrance ,o ll" ttuot turnstile that had once
::l "r:ry;: s.:il: Jl J::.ilH*ff ;fi X, -":'Tano automobiles.
ffi sentr Gateway (1915) Mrs. charies senff donatccl
\F morlcy ibr the new,
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ff _ & ttrc Universiry iY.Y-- tr-r the ril ihr wa:
which closed in l9"i l . Iownrch cor r l : r jned thc K i tc tlan lous f i i r i t s a i l - r r igh t wt
ffi '$ t515 University.tr
*# sr{rdcnr rparlrnenf
f f i a privare home. Tdown rhe s ide or the bu i ld i .
Ln* T ,d_ IA90s and was ow{ne (.orncr J)arkjng Lor, knrj l"i.:::, ririreway. rhe s:l:.:,i?:1,,. t he Cavatitr. a 1wortt l \{hl I l . occupic<l rhewas occupied by Lioyd,s Rex
$ m rs1.7 UniversiryAvt
$ ^ T ar ilrc Universiry ini
,f pa ing bccn oPpo:ed tcutc t (otunda. Therc vu. . .
i. *:l! o; ;;;il ;:.1.;Jl:rage s Operr Door Tca Room.
: :m ' :u r ,1 ry e r lc rcd the bus i r :
, : :1i l :"* ht. ,uscl in lre carty 2nrcknarned the,,Uni_(-_af ,,
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ffi dk t4,16 Universiry^Avenue, University MedicalH # tr school (ts27-1s2e) rh";.;;;;;l s.toor ore q*S Medicirre ar U.Va. since.rhe i,"r, l l ,a",r",,pcning
::^:11:^- t*"most fhmous. grad'ate i, w"ii.. n..a, ,r.r.conqueror of yellow fever,"-who ."..i""a rti, a,p)onru i.,"l,tun-r, ]he 1se of i7. rhe Medicat i"ira;rrjil;r*, *the Ennion G. preventorthe cosr or$r,400,000 ;::hJTi:Tt"::.,* 1#:n "'
g g 1415 university Avenue, Anderson Brothers Bookstore$ g r}'"ffiJi::tl
*''1"'d;.b*;;;;.',,u,, un,i his brotherrrr" .urr.nt i;t;fi;;*:*t"
Massey's bookstore on this ,it" in isii.lBel. with two flc,ois ii;"i:,':':t
flagship high-'se' was erected inuro.g"book,t;ffi ;:::,X[?j jj$,il#':::J::",lli;::1,i.;f::,fi::,:n;T $;i;
i"'d;;;;"*8t;:il;,., in ,he co.rer,s
$ tr,ii:l"Y::i"fii1l^1'"1,'":,the sheppe Buirdins ( re25).e & ".:; ;il l;,;'0, il,i, ii;ii.;,.r;:::.:,,,J., :m *;Notice Sheppe,s narne towards itr" top uitfl. ,,.r.,"r., and the nameof the trusiness ser in tilear:l: q"".i* ;.;il, socia founrain wasa big hit with generations of Univer.ir;;#,rt; "
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".T"y Srore in 1925. just nif t l . nit.,u*oy,.& \*"{'tr) the right was Cariton Van l_ear,s irlfo*ru, p.,uL,t,"iirvhich closed in I97tr. ' l-o the rvest i,,, th" f S20,,v,rs a t.ee-shat-led lot
illli,,ffi:l ii: :i ft fiT,l,iil,f i;;:n'.i ;*.0'", e22 a n c, was
il "_-f t_:tt universiryAvenue (i927) \,virh two srorctionrs and
$ e.H sruoent apertmclls, this Lruilding was aclded to the lront of& s a frrjl-21c homc. .Ihe
home, whiJ is still visible if you lvalkdo*,n lhe side of the buiiding to tfr. pn.fir,g'i.r'," Or.t, was built inthe mid-1890s and na.s owned Lry tti" fUUol fnrr_,i1y. .Ihe exit from
jl: ,(,""r.,. Par.king Lot, knorvn as Minor Cour.t, iirlloivs thc roure oflhc h.one'.r ciriveway. l*hc grour_rci floor originalf consisrecl of twoskxcfrorlts" The Cavalier,.a Populal gatherin-g,po, io. stuclents r,rntil\'\torld War ii, occr,rpiccl rhe leii oi.t... E"",rt,riity ,lr..nrir" firsr lloorwns occupieci by Lroyd's Rexali l)rugstur. f.."., ts5z_tqs:.
s 'T l5r7 universirvAvenue (I920) Both stucicnts and facurty
$ J., l.jt: Uri, crriry inirialty objecied ro it-, oo,,.r.u.,tion, har,_
I :r r"F herr] cppusrd to i t cortntercial opcratton this close tothe Rotuncla. There were
.originally ton.o ut.r.tio,,L in rhis buildingas rvell. One oi rhc llrsr burin"r.", i. t]ri, ;.;;;;n r,vas Mrs. EllicPage's ope. D'oor lea Room' A number o1'women i' trre UniversitvJo l ) ln tu t l i l ) r .n [ ( . t . c ( l th ( , t -boardins i,1,,,,..; i ;;i,.: .;ti,ffi ::1 1 iH:.J;]:.ff fiil Jilnicknarncd ihe "U'i_Ca[,, l i l l . :cj this ,1r".;;;,;;;nr_, orr.
$ g" _ ir,r'l ii|r..-.: rl. o::u e, rhe virginian Resrau ran t (t e 23)
$ & T ^ i .vd. trr( irrron,ThcVirginiar.r is one of thc oldest restaul& 'q{'; f'rrlts in (rh'ir'l0tresvir1e, haviirg bee' i' opefation sir-rce trrc[r]l of I923. 'I he r,valis of tl.)
1'he virginia''s hisLrri,^ re eaterv are li'eci with phcltographs t'oll
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J,fifi ;;3h$g:ilFi't-;*:tr;,*'*:ff: lffil:J:ll;|;..lqn,,oace, which hali,.iio,,.ry u..n a shoeGoods store *o- ,ruolijlre'
was home to R.i Rohrn*;*;;r,tng
t 1!f ElliewoodAvenue perhaps Charlottesville,s liveli_I .{est dead_endI {.J;;;""dlr.io"rr,...r, this avenue was namedle86) whose mother."nol I*" Jvo$ ease Keith (1894-
LL11*_'11.;'.'""*d;1ilH:T3,1Hil-11#:'NI::'jquret, residential lane o:most built i, th.
"."r.r'"b^?itdi:.q Ld rooming houses,
Avenue ;;;; /cds before World War I, Elliewood
bars, and shops in ,rr. rs;'gr.ftoroughfare of restaurants,
19;ffi itdl{ffif f"#?jliilTiiil*.,.":isrores kept mate universitystudlnts ff;; t iii. truaitional coatsand ties that were once so much a o..i "iijarL ri,i.
Chancellor Street Named for Iames Edgar Chancellor, aphysician at the University who r,.rp.J lJr. io, ,l.k undffi:J3;H:,j3 y:: ::r.": i;ift;, ;l ear,y 2o,h_century homes on this street *"-;::-..:-:f ,"'Ytt 1"t, the early 20th-
*_ttl*t#T"ffi i::,J,:T.,:H:?f ffi;:rni*:lwere permitted to enroll
ry''as nursing students in 1901'fn trro r"*."**i,.f ffi,HlTlTi::liH::ilxffi lf'?.,J;:a1tli;
58 TourG
opened in 1g77. TIarray ofnatural curi,grgantic replica of rornate Gothic builunrversity, was inscrtorians and adornednouses the Departm
chapel was built onarchitect Eugene Bri
??#"f:#:ha &t Brooks, thr
ed a boardinghourbeen torn ao*n. Cto be 100 years old
is still standing anr
Perdue archive^of Tra
1709 llniverTwo of theknown board
generations of stucter of Thomas lel
fooker, un op-...,with her
away in 1967.
Madison Lanel9I0) Thefirstfounded in tfithey rnet secre
, sharing a comma until around 1900.palatial homes for tl
Rugby Roud, oue.loo.MadBowl."
(e many other buildings atl storefronts when it wtrs'ocery store. Mincer's Pipelorner) opened in the leftrad previously been a shoer Red Rohmann's Sporting
rttesville's liveii-re was named
;e Keith (1894-
for many yearsg Store. Once aroming houses,ar I, Elliewoodof restaurants,
evens-Shepherd Clothing2 until 1965, follorved bym 1965 unti l 1976. bothed in the traditional coats;.Va. life,
james Edgar Chancellor, ac helped care for sick andre C iv i l War , thc ear ly 2Oth-l during the 1970s and raanyFemale students rvere first
:nts in 1901. In 1920 wontenLms. The Coilege of Arts and:ducational undergradu-
ul's Memorial Churcheated at the University ofr because the "tspiscopal
Slected persons" by thelirginia. A rvood-framed
chapel rvas bui l t on this site in 1910.' l ihe present church, designed byarchitect Eugene Bradbury, replaced jt in 1927.
ru re Brooks Hall (1876) Buil t as a natural history museum
f f and financed by New York industrialist Lewis Henry&d &M Brooks, the University's Brooks }Iali of Natural Scienceopened in 1877.
'fhe museum was stocked with an irnpressive
array o1'natural cirr iosit ies-the most talked about of which was agigantic repl ica of a prehistoric mastodon, tusks and al l . Theornate Gothic bui lding, something of an anoinaly at t l .reUniversity, was inscribed with the names of eminent natural his-torians and adorned rvith exotic animal heads. The building nowhouses the Department of Anthropology and the Kevin BarryPerdue Archive of Traditional Culture (Folklor.e Archive).
FTb *b 1709 University Avenue, Miss Betty's Boardinghouses
f ft Two of the University of Virginia conmunity's well-&*{ %*$' knorvn boarding houses were located here and were hometo generations of studenls. h 1902 Miss Betty Cocke, a grand-daughter of Thomas Jefferson's fl'iend General John Hartlvell Cocke ,opened a boardinghouse with her sister in a grand home that hassince been torn down. Only the front steps remain. Miss Cocke, wholived to be 100 years old, passed away in 1973. Nexr door, in a housethat is still standing and used by U,\ra. today as office space, MissBetty Booker, an opera singer during her younger years, operated aboardinghouse with her mother beginning after World War L Shepassed awav in 1967.
trb # Madison Lane Fraternity Houses (ca 1900-
f d# l910) l'he first liaternities at the Universiry were
&d H foundcd in the years before the Civil War.Though they rnet secretly and enjoyed catered mealstogether, sharing a common house did not become a tra-dition until around 1900. During these years, fraternitiesbuilt palatial homes for their mernbers on Madison Lar.reand Rugby Road, overlooking U.Va.'s athleric field, nownicknamed "Mad Bowl."
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* Madison Flal l (1905) IJui lr 1br the str-rdent-rui.r*q Y,\,1C.\, Nlrrd;sr,n Flal l openctl i1s c. loors in 1905
&,"".r across ll-orn thc Rotunda. trladisorr Flali served' i
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d ff'% wishcs rhrr rhe tircuitv nor include any, men.rbers of tl.re
&# ?q** clcr-11' or rhaL tire school not sponsor any oflicial religior.r,Thomas Jeffcrson did not include a chapei in his plans lbi theUnivcrsity of Vir.ginia. I-{e did agree to set aside a room in theRotilncla for Sunclay serr..ices, h.rver.er. l3egi'ning alicr the Ci'il !Var,.1 nrovenlcl-ltr lecl by 'vorncn, to buircl a chagrer at the lJniversityreceived rnuch su1-rpr't. 'I'he
cor*erstone of the universiry chapelrvas laid on March 30, 1885. The Gothic Ilcvival chapel rvas adorneclrvith staincd glass and opened for use in 1tt90.
re ry The University of Virginia Rotunda (1826) Arnong
y f l * l aLch i tcc rs , tons ic lc red one o f thc l0mostbeaut i fu ls t ruc l
e### turcs in t lrc Unitecj States, the Rotlrnda, centerpiece ofMr. Jel lerson's "acaderl ical vi l lage, ' , rvas completecl shori ly afterhis death in 1826. J'hat sar.ne year the bui lding hosred a dinner forthc visiting lv,larquis de Lafu1,crre.
Follow the steps t.tround to trLe opp.site ride of the RotLutdn a,cr ertterthe ltuiltling Ltrt the growtd .flottr, t'hcre rorrs of the Academicnr virtageoeQtn .
as a student union bui lding ui.rt i l Newcornb l lal l rvasopened in the fh l l o f 1955. S i r rce 1984 Mad ison I ia l l hasbeen the hotne ol admir-r istrat ive off ices and today hous_es the off ice of t i rc Ur-r iversit l , plcsidqnl.
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Tour CI 1301 Werlland St2 1211-1215 West Main St,3 University Baptist Church4 George Rogers Clark
Monument5 C&ORa i t roadBr idge6 1405-1 409 University Ave7 1411-1415 University Ave,8 1412 University Ave.9 Senff Gateway
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2 1211-1215 West Main St
3 UniversitY BaPtist Church
4 George Rogers ClarkMonument
5 C&0Ba i l r oadBr idge6 1405-1409 UniversitY Ave.
7 1411-1415 Univers i tY Ave.
B 1412 UniversitY Ave.
9 Senff Gatewait
10 1416 UniversitY Ave
11 141 5 UniversitY Ave.
12 1427 UniversitY Ave
13 1501 UniversitY Ave.
l4 1515 Univers i \ t Ave
1 5 I 517 UniversitY Ave
16 1521 UniversitY Ave.
17 1521 UniversitY Ave.
18 Ell iewood Ave.
19 1601 UniversitY Ave.
20 Chancellor St,
21 St. Paul's Memorial Church
22 Brooks Hall23 1709 UniversitY Ave.
24 Madison Lane FraternitY
HOUSCS
Madison HallThe UniversitY ChaPel
The UniversitY of Virginia
Rotunda
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Tour H1 2A9-211 Sprigg Lane2 1700 Stadium Rd.3 124 MauryAve.4 2115 Jefferson ParkAve5 214 Stribling Ave.l
62 Tour H
Fry's Spring Club Hcuse121 Mimosa Dr.Piedmont Slave GraveyardUniversity and ConfederateCemeteries200 lr4idrnont l_ane
11 2201 Old lvy Fd12 Lewis Family Grave\lar:13 St. Anne's School l14 l23 Boll ingwood Bd l15 135 Boll ingwood Rd1C 124 Rothery Fd.
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his 7.75-rnile d:I 9th-century plsas weli as suburl
at U.Va.'s Rotunda, the sthe University given byInformation,').
From the Rotundn, drivethe foot of the hill, n.trn Iright onto Sprigg Lane, T
ffi 209-21I Sprigg Lang (1796- iS42) , r tho u& f irsl prolessor ofnatu
Lawn to obtain morc spiJ'he nrme "Morea" is dtrtrees needed for the silkw<Local bui ider John M. pcrthe 106 acr€s to Emmet irm several stages. The Fedmore sophisticaied, rvithbalustrade. There is no irveranda was ever an openfamily, who owned Morea
Ilcturn Io Etttnret Street artGyr.n ott the teft. Aftcr goin,rtght, otlto stadium Road,f:lj"yt the tsrh-cenrury t4tcJt, tnto Montebello CircleMontebello House.
1700 Stadium Road,built by /ohn M. perrhome on Monroe Hil
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the University's central Grouncls. Montebello,s parapct gables, mould_ed brick cornice, and f
f':9:r',.ilp;;;yo];#,1'{:1.fr'fil:t:**".J.:ii,,i-,I1865), rvho had worked.-witf, 1"..y "n1#uU#.rri,y buildings. TheSpooner.s occupied Montebello un,if rszo.
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Oontinue s'uthwest on Statlit,, I?oad, past LI.Va.s Scott Stariurn, to the4-way stop sign. Maury At,enne k rc ti, trlt or-i'o,ktrr*o,, Roari to therryht. "furn IeJt ontLt Maurpte of blocks.
y Avenue' It swirtgs stightty to rt , tup o7tu o ,o,u-
*b 124 Maury Avenue
* %.,,,"g h."J"',;uh ;iJ[it ."#:jf,? i]':j:.fi:,H;;-".:]fi:;::ll"i::n""., Eug",'. u*ai*r i'"" rour r, site r3) in
At the traffic ligltt at the ;Forttaine Avertue' look
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lel]brson Pt*k Avenue andrt trgain later.)
ne servlce station on yttttr left' (You will pass
2Il5 |efferson park Avenue (1932)Colonial Rcvival servicc station has aparapet eal;les, and Tuscan colunns.
Contintre straight at the traffic light. ( fhis is ako |effersort parkAvenuc, as it trtakes a turn a.t the light.) Oross over ihe railroarlltridge and take the first rignt, onti Srriitiri ir,,rr'rir.
214 Stribling Avenue, lhite,Cross/Huntley Hall (1890)Stribiing Avenue swerves around this large fieldsrone house. It
ffi : i?'iT:* :i*::ll,,I.:tep hen t;t;; i;;; i, o, o-, nn, ),grandson of Reuben rvraur y.of ,.pied*"",;ir..'"i"ri;: nbr;fi Ipartnef ir-r the Jefi-er.son park Land ,J ,"rp."r.*ent Co. (sce TburH, sire 6). Thc house has some elemenrs of ir. sii.rgr. s{ie, notablythe horizonral 1ines, er-iecn Anne massing, .;;;;. towcr, and stone::fii::l*i#tT;lT ;::'U;j at;i#;i. s.h.., rb, n.f,
This uniquered tiled roof,
Iter*ee r t.st o rtc Kat cposls,,cDLl o.t tlla strcil.
2512 Iefferson p(I890-1928) Theing you see evolved
b o r r d c d . l u h h , r r s . b usPrlngs \vct.c vcl.y popuLand and l rnprouentcn t ,r rca and lo operd le q t rec la_tong lhe l)rcscnt grasseLllarlot tcsvi l lc rvspj5l ls\^i lnd p lL tu resquc surnmer _rrved anluscntent park. Aan( t i l t c c lub J rousc was rta l l - lmen l nced, o f 2 nq1a, ,
l2I _lVlimosa Drive, pinorllt, toward an abanr.t lre oldest part was b
Retrttce .your
roilte nhtn.q Jeocn)ss t l te st ree t at thr"Coi ,t,,wcsl
.) otrto f.ontaine Avent
. t ' t (dnlont" s i?n r two bl t tcksu1e rear oJ'the house, befbre t
1 869 t, f i rst corrsin .rf occano,and grlndson ol Dr. TjromParagr rph r . I l has growl l roaod l l tonq o \ ( , r lwo ccn tu f i ! , s .an rce hor ise rv i t j r an o l f i te az'J.ut 'r ac-rei. Ccnerai Geurgen^el 'e during part of drc four_d1865 \V i l l i anr je , rn ing . Bryrredmont's . larvn in lg9i.
Ilcturn to Jefferson park Avenue orrl tunr right (soutlt). Keep straight,
64 Tour H
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:, ttze house antt fotrlrn rr.fht Stndiurt Road folloutt.t^:,::..:':,: ar thc itrtersecrion of .lvraury Avcnue. pausc nnJ look t
rapet gables, mould-o are typical of theSpooner, Jr. (1798-
ersity buildings. The
Scott Stadium, to the\lderman Road tLt they to the left after a cou-
) This 1arge, stuc-1 by red tile was'TouI I , s i te 13) in
n Park Avenue and'left. (You will pass
15 Unlquetiled roof,
ferson Park:he railroadrc.
rtley Hall (1890)
ieldstone house. Itu ry (1850-1941) ,
rur H, site 7) and a
nent Co. (see llburingle styie, notablyar tower, and stonele School for Boys
(south), Keep straight,
behyeen stone gcteposts, into the Fry's Spring Beach CIub purking lot at theend of the street.
2512 lefferson Park Avenue, Fry's Spring Club House(1890-1928) The rambling, half-t imbered, stuccoed build-ing you see evolved over three decades from a small weather-
boarded club house built in 1890. Summer resorts at mineraisprings wcle vcry popular in the late 1800s. The ]efferson ParkLand and Improvement Co. was organized in 1890 to develop thisarea and to operate streetcar lines out liom the city. The tracks ranalong the present grassed rnedian. The filst motion pictures inCharlottesville rvere shown outdoors at the club house in 1905. A iargeand picturesquc summer hotel burned in 1910. There was also a short-Iived amusen.rent park. A large swimming pool was built in the 1920s,and the ch,rb house was enlarged and remodeled to meet the entcr-ta inment needs o f a new genera t ion .
Retrace you' route along JefJerson Pttrk Avenue to the tralfic light. Lookacross the street at the Colanial Reviyal seryice station again. Turn Ieft(west) onto Fontaine Avenue. Go flve blocks antl turn right at [J.Va.'s"Piedntont" sign (two blocks beyond Piedrnont Avenue). The road leads tathe rear oJ the hause, before turning to the right.
121 Mimosa Drive, Piedmont (1806) The house f'acesnorth, toward an abandoned section of Wheeler's Road.The oidest part was built by Reuben Maury (1785-
1869), first cousin of oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Mauryand granclson of Dr. Thomas Walker (sce 'lour
A, openingparagraph). It has grown to its present form through manyadditions over two centuries. The srnall dependency east of the house isan ice house rvith an office above. The Piedmont estate once included2,300 acres. General George Arn"rstrong Custer had his headquartershere during part of the four-day occupation of Chariottesville in March1865. William Jennings llryan was entertained at a |,rncheon onPiedmont's lawn in 1897.
Turn right at the house ancl follow Mimosa Driye to Stadium Road, andturn right. Stadium Road follows the route of Wheeler's Road. At the 4-waystop sign at the intersection of Stadium Road with Alderman Road andMatrry Avenue, pause and bok to your left.
Tour H 65
N,W corner of Stadium and Alderman Roads, Piedmont SlaveGraveyard The graveyard fbr the enslaved cornmunity atPiednont is located in the courtvard between two U.Va.
Dormitories. There is not a good place to park and no markers to see.The graves in most l9th-century country cemeteries were marked withfieldstones, which were lost over tin.re. U.Va. altered its building plans fbrthis site after being alerted to the presence of tl-re gravevard by a Maurydescendant. The Maury lamily graveyard was located two blocks southof the house, across Fontaine Avenue. Those sraves have been moved.
Turn left onto Alderman Road ancl pass on the other side of Scott Stadium.Go through the trffic light at McConnick Road, and immediately hrnright onto Cemetery Roacl. Parking is by perrnit, but there is room to pulloJf and get out for a few minutes to see the cemeteries. Located side by side,the Confederate Cemetery has a statue in the centcr and is surrounded bya brick wall, and the University Ceneterv has a stone wall.
Alderman and Cemetery Road, LJniversity and ConfederateCemeteries The Univemitl'Cemetery was established in 1828 and isstill in use. Many professors and tlieir families are buried here,
including two members of the original t-aculty, Charles Bonnycastle(1792-1840), Profbssor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics, andGeorge Tucker (1775-1861), Professor of Moral Philosophy.
During the Civil War, over 21,000 wounded were cared fbr in tempo-rary hospitals set up in buiidings throughout Charlottesvilie and theUniversity. Buried here in the Confederate Cemetery are I,097 of thosewho died. Few of the graves have markers, but there is a plat showing thelocation of each grave, and all of the nafles are engraved on the monu-ment in the center of the cernetery.
The two stones across the driveway fiom the two cemeteries mark thegraves of University mascots Beta (d. 1939) and Seal (d. 1953). Thesetwo remarkable dogs created their own positions in the University com-munity, which no othel has been able to fili.
Return to Alderrnan Road, and continue north. Turn left onto MidntontLane just past St. Thomas AqttirLas Church. The house is on the left.
66 Tour H
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ti.re I ervis i.anriltr BritishB:.rrr-aclis" llvc miles north,,vrAnter ican il.el'olufion rveretJrcy arr'l-.clicvcd to have cr-eri t . The r ighthand section oitl-re .irlaurv l.anril,r,, 1g33- l B.brothe r of Rer-rben trIaury of. l \ a h { ) ( ) l r r r r l r , h n r r . . , i n t l r etroops in i8G5. Later additrb o 1 1 . 1 , 1 l h c j r o u s . . i i r 1 , . / { } J
Return !o lild.e nnart {loari nntl(r l t . 250).?irrn l t l i (west). At t)tlutugfu art untlerpctss, r.tnd turrRoaLl ,fbilows tlte route of the Il
S Y 2t0t otd tr7 Road, Fat
$ F p , , , t j o r r o l ' t h * r n a i r r hJ& S l rq .c r r I ,u i i l j n i l r c J t { jO
purchased the pr.operty lromrln the oiher sicie of the houscdesignc'd this Colonial f{evnalblock ir : 1907 fbr U. S. l ienar]rouse n'as lirlcr used as a cou1963 and rr:*narneel in honorwriter- in-resiclence at U.\re., b
Returrt to tfu traJJit light, antl tionto Colawnde Driyc at the,,{Jsecond drit,en,u,v, you wilJ he abon the right.
$ ,% Colonnadc Drive, Lew
f f d y n r a , , l t l i t l r > s . , p i r r n r n& 6 * s s t o o . l o n t h c s i t c o l . t l r iIwo l{evolut ionarv War soidi
ls, Piedmont Slave
:d coinmunitv at
wcel) lwo U.\'a.
no markers to see.
; were marked rviih
:s building plans fbr
lvcvard by a X,4aurY
:d two blocks south
have been ntoved.
ide of Scott Stodiwn.
rd inunedicLtelY ttt';tr
there k roortt to PulILocated side bY side,
wd is surrounded bY
wall.
'and Confederate
tished ir-r i828 and is
,es are buried here,
Jharles tsonnYcastle
J lr4athematics, and
ilosophy.
cared iirr irl temPo-
Larlottes.riile and the
ry ale 1,097 of those
:is a plat shorving the
4laved on the monu-
cemeteries rnark the
Seal (d. 19-53). ' fhese
r the UniversitY coln-
'rn leJi ottttt Midntorrt
*e is on the left.
"; ,j: i l[}fi r\4idlinon{ f,,ane" h4idmcnr (i760s, 1833-li ; ii LEli0) P:-Li't ofr the lr:f ihanri section o1. rhis bt.ick
..ili 'li,,i irlusc is irr:lievcri to hiii.,e beel briilt in the l76tis bythe I l i , r i :r i , rrni i ' r . Bri t ish off] ' :els inrpl i5ongcl at "Theilan';'ck:;" f.irrc nriles nortll.ves[ {.rf Citariottesville during tl-re.\!t)cniii11 ii.r',.tt1lLtir.li rve re ;rliorverl to r.eilt tire house, andthc! lrr l br i ierrd io hi irrr crc; led the tc;:raced garcien behindit. iLe r iglrLh.*ei se*io' of thc lrousc was irui l t dur i*g i ts orvnership bythe i !4aL i r -y ' f r , im i ly , 1 f i33- lB l0 . ihonras Waiker Maury (1779-1842) ,b.othe' of'Rt-ubeir h'iaurr'' o1''"Piec1m.nt"(see 'lbur
.ll, site 7), concl.ctecla school in the housc in the late 1830s. fhe house rvas sacked b1. Unioniroops 1n 18{r5. l-atcr additiorrs are bv the Chainberlain farlily, u,hobotLgir l the housc in iy03.
Rt'trlii lir /'ilderrtinrt llL;nti rtnd t'tlrrinue il{)rlh to the trnjfic light at Iry Road(|it. )50).
'iit rn k:.Nt r'.,r'est ). ,A/ th{ ne.\:t li,qht, bectr rigit t Ltnto AId lvy Road, go
lln'oiqh rtit t.utrit:r1tyi1;5, ttnri !urn right at Li.Va.'s "l\4iller Cerner" sign. Oftl LyRo,td .lillorvs titt raure ttj't!rc Thrt:e Nottlld Rond (see ldurs B and E).
S $ 220X ,Uldl trry )ltoad, Faulkner l{ouse (i 850s, 1907) The cenrr.al
I i p,, t i*r tr i 1h.,. nrrr in biocl< of this hoLrse is bel ieve<l to have-& .* h' ' t .r bui l t in i i rc i l l50.c b), 1tU.n'. . ,- t Niaupin (b. 1813), rvhopurchaseci tirc 1,-ropi.-r'i1. liom the {._err.,is f'arlily'. T1-re orig.inal tior-rt ison thc oiher: siie of tire house . \\rasirington aichitect Waddy l]. Wooddesigntd ihis {,olonial i lcvival pori ico and the side rvings oi the mainbiock ir-- ' i9i)7 1or U. S. Scnalor. ' l ' ] rornas rVlarr in (1S.17-19i9). Thel.rou:;c rlas Liicr u:;ecl irs a crol.rrtiy inn, and lvas acquired by U.Va.in1963 and rr:r*ni l ined in horor ol ' \Ari l l iam Fair lkner, who had beenwriter- in-residrnce a.t U.l tr . , but had never l iveci in this house.
RetLrnt to tht trn.{Jic light, ani turrr rigltI onto Ity Road (Rt. 250). Turn leftonto Colomtcirlc llrivc af the "lJ-LIeights" aparhnent sign.'I'urn right nt thesecontl drit,eu'tty. \'ou tvill. be able to ser: tlte stane-t+,alled groueyar.d ahesdon the r ight.
$ . *$,Colorrnacc Drive, I-ewis Family Graveyard I'his is the grave-
E t ' ) ' . , td of tht- 1,. ' :sc. Pitman l-en' is ( I 763-1849) farni ly ' l 'heir house
,&,&*f stood on the site of the Faulkuer-House (see ' l trr-rr H, si te l l ) .
]lvo RcvolLrtio'arv \\ra-rr soldicr.s are [ri-rr-icd here- Lewis's daughtcr
Tour H 67
Elizabeth (1791-1867) married Reuben l4aury or '"piedmo't" (seeTour H, site 7).
Return to Ivy Road and turn right, back tov,ard towrt. Keep straight at theJirst trafic light, then turn right at the entrance to st. Anne;s-BerfierdSchool. Follow the left Jbrk of the driveway up the hilt to the white admm-istratiotx building.
bands of caselnent win(Kenneth Day.
Turn lejl onto Minor RRothery Road.
S *f l 120 RotheryR,
tr ffi arrd consrrucice %*g with its riled rc
Agnes Rothery (Mrs. I{arecollections of life in Ch
Turn right onto lvy Road,Rotunda.
W *.b 2132 lvy Road, St. Anne's School (1927) Founded
$ ^% try thc Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in 1910 as aA q*p gir. ls'school, Sr. Anne's moved toihis site in 1939. Itmerged rvith Belfield School in 1975 and is now coeduca_tional. At the top of the hil l is nn elaborately detailed, white,stuccocd building rvith ti led roof, ornate chimneys, andarched windows and doors with twisted columns. Now usedas the Adminisrrat ion Building, i t was designed by architect EugeneBradbury and bui l t in t927 for El izabeth Bislar.rd Wetnore (1g;1_1 929) ' wl-ro had achieved f-arne as a young jourr"ralist in 1gg2 when herlrewspaper, The New York Herald, sponsored her in a race around ther'-orld agai'st Nellie llly, of
'the New york worrtt. she finished in 74
days, two days after Nellie Bly, but six days ahead of Jules Verne,sAround thc World in Eighty Days.
Return to lvy lload and turn right (east). Keep straight at the AklertnnRoacl trafttc light, and take the next right, o,to cameron Lane; Ihen imme-diately bear right onto Bollingwood Road.
S # 123 Bollingwood Road, Keithwood (1884) T.his
# d*ffi large, weatherboarded farmhouse pre_dates the& $l subLrrban development of the area. It faces north,toward the old Three Notch'd Road. Ell ie Wood paeeKeith (see Tour G, site 1B) operated a very popular ridirigstable here fi.om the 1920s into the l9g0s and taueht rid_ing to several generarions of Charlottesville childien.
g ff i 135 Boll ingwood Road (1935) This early exam_ff
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A e-l Charlortesville, features a curvecl trick wal and
68 Tour H
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rd to'tt,tr. Re€p straight 0t therance t() 5t. Awic's-tselJieldthe hi l l to the whitt *Trnirr-
(1927) Foundedn i a i n 1 9 1 0 a s ars s i te in i939. I tis now coeduca-y detai lecl, u'hite,. ; l r i , . r . p . ' .
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iur-r-rns" Now usedi r ' r r c , l l r v . r r r ' \ i t r ' r I F u l ' c n c' t . - _ ' .
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:urnal ist in 1 882 rvhen hcrd her in a race around t lrcvlbrlr l . She l lnished in 74
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'limr lef't onto Mirror Rond, reft orto cnnero,r l..sne, and right onto
Rothery Road.
$ l" Or9 Rothery R.oad, R.ecoleta ttg3g*1g40) The planning
$ ff"? ", , ! c()ns1r.uc1ion of this Spanish Colonial Revival hor-rsel
#- tb*J r 'vi th irs t i l rc r ' ,rof a'r l gr i i lcd windows,'"vas crescribecr byAgnes l lotherv (tr{rs. I larry Rogers prart; iBBg_1954) in her 1944recollections of life in charlottesville in A Fitting Habitatiort.
Turn right orto lv)'] jroad artd return to fhe tour's starting point at fheRotundg.
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Tour H 69
%ffiff KRUGBY ROAD THROUGHGRADY AVEI{UE
W ljt 1ltY. ":t:l along Rugbv Roa<l tal<es rhe vrsiror rhrough a res-
ffi :l.::,ut neighborhood which was originally known as preston
-e iierghts. lt was deveioped in the rg90s whe, streetcars artowe<lpeople to move fr:rther from town. Rr-rgby Road has always had U.\/a.connections since its earriest times. Its conversion to a rraternity cristrictbegan in the 1920s and accelerated in the 1960s. streets th:rt intersectRugby provide homes and apartments for faculty and students. In the1920s the University's School of Architecture came to promrnence. Theworks of.mary' of its graduates are found in this area as well as through-'ut the city. Please note that traflic is terrific i'a[ Universiry arcas, paik-ing is at a premium. you are adviseci to drive slowly ancr with care. f.hetour covers 1.7 miles and takes about an hour.
X l9l0 Carr's Hill Road, Carr's HiIl (1912_t913) On a small hill
fi :n.1. Ru.gby Road runs into University Avenue is Carr,s Hill
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and at rhe rop is Carr's Hiil, home to the University,spresidents. This Colonial Revival building of Flemish bond with atwo-story I)oric portico was designed ty the firm of McKim,Mead and White. On this r ise, in the late afternoon of March 2,1865, General George Armstrong Custer met with the mayor ofCharlottesville, other promineni citizens and a delegation fromthe.University who persuaded Custer to spare both the Universityand the buildings in the city.
Inmediately on the left as you drive north is:
t? llt"PtOy
Roa{, Fayerweather Hall (1S93) This rectangutar
1. lrtlotng, ,*ut, ,f: University's first separate gyrnnasiurn.
m uesrgned by the Norfolk firm of Carpenter and peebles, it ha<lone of the longest in-door tracks in the countr,v. it is said to have hadthe University's first bathtubs in the dressing ,o,rrr... lt now housesthe University's Department of Art.
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155 itugbl' R.oad { I 934) 'l'his brici< and marbre 'eo-pailadia' build-
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ho're to the Dcita lrsi iiaterrrity (1900) rvrrich is trre oldest extant fi.a-tei.^iiify hr-rrisc.
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storl L)oiic poftico. lt was clesigned in 1926 by LouisVoo::irces ( I Btl2*-c. 1 975 ) o1, the University's arr.iitectu re fu c_ultv, who rvus probab\' influericed by ljiske Kirr:ball (1gSS*i95';) {iruncler i.rf' the LJr.riversity,s L)epartrnent o1Alchiiccture rviro haci a r.ole in thc restor.ation iri. Monficello.
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3 Llniversity Circie (c"l9i0) ' l 'his (Jueen Anne styic honrc 'vasbuilL fbr 'vVi i l ianr { ' ' l<ttopp { lB6i-1925), lburrclcr o1- ihcMonticel lo Wine Co. (see'fol ir C). i i is a l l . trnte clr.vcl l iLrs o1- t ivohalf stol ies lvi th a stec.p hipr y6,,1 and a porte co,:herc.
Across th( street ()n the LLJ'I rs
l4 University Circie (19{}8-i910) ' I ' l r is is an inrer-t.sr ing
combination ol ' ( l rorqiair ancl l ,{editerr.anei in stvles. T|ehouse has a red t i lc rooi and stucco rval ls.
Further along on i,otu-leJ't is:
* ^k 1824 UniversityCircle, Hi l trel I ' Iouse ( i913--19t4)
ff & t nl.rrrriorr irr rlre linglisli \/er-r-ncular st],1e, ri rvas#. 4 p lrui l t Ut nt i t \()nt ) rvi th a snrcoth wlr i tc st ircco f lnisir.
It l-ras a Doric cc,lLLmned loggi;i or1 tilc srolurd floor arrdexposed terra-t:on:1 flr-res. It is one of the cily's most sopliisti-cated houses.'I'hc B'nai B'i'ith Flillel |or.rn<Jation f trrchirse.dthe house irr 1945 and it sen'cs as a jenish str"rrlcnt corltrnu-
Ftrrther ttrotrnd the Circle, on .
S p* 35 University Circl
# ff i Crigg. noted rbr histurcs .r porlico over
used rn resioring Jeffersont .h( ,u ic hct ( )ngcd to J6hrr E. A, . \ l l d c r s ( )n , t l t c sup rp t l s cd A rl \ tc l lo jas I l c , f f tu5s13,
A t I l t c [ - i t t t c r scc t i o t t u . i t h LJn i v tnto( ott your ltft Ljttd fn(inq soil
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W ry [8t r Lamberh Lane (l !ff d :,...t Ronr.rn Doric p9.9_ Morrr icc l lo . I r nray ha:
* rvrvuucelo. t t may ha(1867-1944) rhe University,ry5
nity center. This is one o1'scr.er:rl houses ou the (lirclc iiesigneri b1,,.r,tt".,architect Eugenc Bracibury ( 1i i74*-1960 ) . ,vl io citabl ishecl ir isCharlottesville plactice in 1907. His work can be ser:i.i iit over lifiy areahonres and bilildings.
ln the curt,c o.l'thc Circlc, (nt raur right is:
$ "4 21 University Circle (19i4) ' i 'his
is a good eranrplc
$ d..f f . of t l .orgi irn I{cvival architecrur.e rvirh lr f ionr cr l try.& i ' porch I i ' . r tur inE L)oric colui lns i l ld pi lasters. I t is
another l l radburv clesign. Original ly bui l t ror. the Maconf-amily i t norv houses lhc Univelsi ir"s lntcrnal i .onl l l {ciusc.
Across tltc streL:t is:
Grounds lr.ho lvas ;rn authorityDelta Chi fraternity purchasedrenlarns there-
To your right is:
$ f f i Lambeth Field Colonna
f f m n n u r s o f r i r e c a r l i e s t ( . u i rS k*dT2y1.,, ant. l ldmurrd S. rpout.g concfete bleachers has a.um field has been filled rvith tlon
O.verlooking the area ro yourMounta-in. The rnansion at the toland built in 1909 fur John WarMonticello for tourists are told tlirmounta i r r top to rve tch thc bu i ld i rrne lanred B lue R idge Mountarns (
Conti t t t t . t ,on t l t( onc u.Lt).srr?et arorl1na
nlke n leJi turn ort Rugby Ron,turn right on Gracly Ayenue. Tirn L
g ff 20 University Circle (I9I5) Her"e, I3ratlbr.u.y crearccl a splcnclicl
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I Anltc sfyie honre ivas925) , ibunder . o f rher frame dr.veiling of trvorte cochere.
1rs ts an rnter.esl ir- tgrraneau stylcs. TheS .
r3-_i9t4)yle, it l'ascco finisir.tloor andt sophisti-rurchased. comiTtu-rcle clesigncd b1' notcrirho cstabl ishcri hisseen in over lifiy art"a
exanrplclnr entryters. lt is: N1aconFlouse.
'y createci a splendicllectic style.
Further aror.tnd the Circle, on yortr right, is:
€ d 35 University Circle (1960) Designed hv Mil tond ffi l,Xt, Jjli.j'^l:'-'l:'o "",rr."i;.=rr". rhi, r"u-llll "l 1. "" " "" r.#I. :,T!u"il:1,T'Tii,': fff: fi*hou-sc !sl6ng6d to lohn t. r \ .4anahau ivho married Annail..ilill? jl;.,::,::"'.<r Anasrasia, u""*i,".'
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$ rylstI Lambeth Lanc. (I915) This is a large house with a two-g d il:'J,'ff:"l ?ff',.T.:'k;, i,*li,lll roor simirar to:::i.j"..1 and pedimen, '*,r ;;.T;may have been h , , ; t r t - . . r . r . r r .trsaz-rq;'+l-,i" r,,13,11""^ been, b'ilt by wilriam ;;;.;
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it shortly after its .orr.,.u.,ion onJ
to your right is:
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poured concrete bleacheum rierd h"' b""; ; r;;i:,ffi ft:ffi ffi :Ti::l'JltJ:T#
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your leJi and between hr{) squat st(ftte ct)lumns marked "preston place', ontlrc lelt and "Preston Court Apartntents" Ltn the right.
All but trvo of this neighborhood's buildings date fiom the 1920s. Manyof the homes remain single family dwellings. The architectural style isprimarily Georgian Revival.
A,s yotr turn into Preston Place, the large building on your right is:
g dfr1600 Grady Avenue, Preston Court Apartments (1923-
ff sh#1928) This wrs built in the Classical Revival sryle by
& / Stanislaw lr{akielski (1S93-1969). This three-story build-ing has a "U" shaped plan with a rear. court and two-srory portlcoson the west, south and east facades with French doors openingonto each balcony.
Inmediately b ehind the (lpLrtnxents
605 Preston Place, Wyndhurst (1857; National Register)This white frame farmh<luse buiit in the \zernacular stylein the shape of a large "l." It has two stories rvith a low hip
roof, a raised brick basement and a one-story front porch. I t wasthe main buiiding on ir large farm which was raided by Uniontroops during the occupation of Chariottesville. From 1930-1970,Mrs. Charity Pitts ran a student boarding house which rvas farnousfcrr its table, It is now apartments.
Continue oround the circle, you will find on your right:
one and a hal l 'stories and gabled roof. I t has been heavi lyaltered over the vears.
Across the street is:
S 6l I Preston Place, Wyndhurst Overseer's House
ffi (c.l8l2-t820) This small cottage is of frame
& construction with board and batten siding, with ? 41ff:,1",'#iH ! Jefferson-Ma
?ryf:Hri:i&J &d Revival stylVernacular Revival.
At the end of preston
continue to the stop ti1and then take the nex
This area was develotra part of preston Heiestate development ohoped for planned irhomes throughout thrbringing new busineslead to expansion in (
Larger homes on Gorin the Victorian Vernathe norm but in theBuildings at the top oAvenue are examples cneighborhood.
23',ffrOn the left side occupyi
Russell Bailey (1905-who specialized in libr:to b.lend with the neighis based on mid-lgrhlct
The next street to your llStreet. At the end of Ackl
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"Preston Place" on
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rents (1923-rival style bye-story build-srory Portlcosoors opening
n"l Register)'nacular stylerith a low hipporch. It wased by Union1930*1970,r rvas fainous
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At the end of preston plnce, turn left on GroLly Avettue andcontinue to lhe stop light at Crady aid lqtn Sttiei."furn rightand then take the next right onto Gord(rn Ayentrc.
This area was developecl inrhe 1890s by the charlottesville Land ao. asa yart 3f presron l{eights. This company }rit;; large roie in the realestate developnrent of charlottc'sv'le and'Alternarre cou'ty. Ir'estorshoped for pla'ned industrialization u, *.tt * tt. ora.rty growth ofhonres throughout the city. They wer., fo, ti,
"rori pu.r, unsuccessf-ul inb.inging new businesses and factorie; ; il .tii u"r their er,forts dicrlead to expansion in Charlottesville,s n.rt ,uU*t,.,
Larger homes on Gordorr O*,,r": l\ere ttvo_story frame builclings builtin tire Victorian vernacular style. In the 1920s-sln'alle. ho,,es came to bethe norrn but in the late-1970s they were tumect into apartments.Buildings at the top of the hi'in tr,. iooo un;;;;o blocks of G.r<ionAu:ly" are examp.les of how stude.,t t ou.inf nu, conre k) d.minate rheneighborhood.
1501, 1503, 1525, 1535 Gordon Avenue (1920s) .fhese fbLrrsmall brick houses are exa
<, rigi.auy rra <r <ieep- set, j::t.'j ;11]':T,il r the period which
On rhe left side occupyittg the whole blt>ck
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l5^O0-Gordon Avenue, Gordon Avenue Library/ 4 (1965-1966) This L tlr. n.rt U.*on.l ofk F lefferson-Madison Regi<lnal Library System.Russell Bailey (1e05_c.le85),
""Ch;.lu;;.uilj" u..n,r".,wh,o specialized in library u"iiatrgr, .i;r;;;: buildingto blend with the neishborhood. T;; ,.;;;Jf.ont p"ru.ois based on mid- lgthlcenrury Virginia building.s.
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tal \'voodell entry topped with a sr.van,s neck pedimentOriginall,v knorvn as'Acklev." ir i: now a retirement horne.
1602 Gordon Ayenue (tr894; National Regisrer) This isone exarnple of the larger lrorles v,,hich flrst graced thisarea. lt lr';rs home for sevenl years ro U.V,r. piolessor of
History Richard Heath l)atrney (1860-1947) as rvell as to Dabney'sson and noted Virginia historian and journalist, Virginius Dabney(1901-1995). Thc house is in the Eclectic Victor. ian style rvithEastlakc-stylc ornamentation notice.ble in the gables ancl the sun,bursl rooi brackets.
ru ry 1618 Gordol ,{venue, First Church of Christ, Scientistd d t 1958-1959) Nerv york ;rrchitecr Raymond Julian ( 1902_
&d S r" 1975). u.ho also designed the Charlottesvi l le prcsbyterianChurch in 1954, derivecl this brick clesign frorn the cl:rssic Englishchnrches ol. the lBth centur-),.
In the next hlock is:
, t -% #* I702 Gordon Avenue (189t , l9 t0)
7fl tr% othcr honr.' i iom rhc nelghbor.hood'sM \tu*/ ()prncnt. Tlre hrrrrrc war remodeJed inits frame constructicrn tvas given a white stucccrhouses tlre Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity.
This is theearly devel,1910 whenexterior. It
Retrtrn to Rugby tlp67 rtrul corttinue with Tour I if yau tuish.
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15 20 l.Jniversiry Circle16 35 University Circle17 .i 81 I Larnbeth l-ane1B Lambeth Fieid Colonnade19 1600 Grady Ave.20 605 Preston Ave.
21 61 1 Preston Place22 608 Preston Place23 1501 1503, 1525
1535 Gordon Ave.24 1500 Gordon Ave.25 1600 Gordon Ave.26 1602 Gordon Ave27 1618 Gordon Ave.28 1702 Gordon Ave.
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int lrided large I 9rthe 1920s and l9i0s creablock of Rugby itoacl hasone church. The rcst of tl:and takes about half an hc
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l% 717 Rugby Road,yfl Unitarian Universalis
fu oyg311i2.,d in 1943, hacrCourt Square, Temple l icthhy Sunislaw Makiclski, i t rspitched gabled roofand a sr
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Andrew Brorvn built a brickas.r school lor bovr nanrcd alrn thc I B80s in to a Sh ing le S ttt lel l owrlcrs Hlizabcth lVinstrGeneral Thomas l,afhyette RrRosser was Linrecl fbi his roLouisa Counry, in 1864.
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his tour begins at the junction of Grady Avenue, University Cir-cle
and Rugby Road. It takes you though a section of torvn which
inclr.rcled large l9th-centtlry estates which were all subdivided ilr
the 1920s and 1930s creating the neighborhoocis u'e see todav' The 600
block of Rugby Road has a few apartmellts aud further dorvn the road is
one church. The rest of the road is residential. The tour covers 1.2 rniles
and takes about half an hour.
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ff sions, this was the only home between the University& and the neighboring estate of Rugby In 1907, fuchardHeath Dabney (see Tour I) purchased the property froni
his wife's irmily. His good friend, frorn their University ofVirginia college days, Woodrow Wilson, visited the Dabneyliamiiy when Wilson rvas governor of New Jersey.
717 Rugby Road, Thomas |efferson Memorial Church
Unitarian Universalist (1950) The Ieffersoir Unitarian Sociery
organized in l943,had met previously at the Monticello Hotel in
Court Square, Temple Beth lsrael and tl-re University Chapel. Designed
by Sanislaw Makielski, it is a rectangular brick structurc with a highpitched gabled roof and a semi-recessed circular portico.
Turn left off of Rugby in the 900 block onto Wirtstott Roarl and proceed to
the second right turn onto Cottage Lane'
g}7-g}g Cottage Lane, Rugby (c.1850, 1880) This is the onlyview you will have of Rugby or Rugby Hall as it rvas completelysurrounded by houses aft.er 1967. Originall,v on 114 acres'
Andrew Brown built a brick home in the Federal style which he useci
as a school for boys named after the one in England. lt rvas rernodelecl
in the 1880s into a Shingle Style with half-round slate shingles by the
then owners Elizabeth Winston Rosser and her husband Conf-ederate
General Thomas Lafayette Rosser (see Tour E). In this area General
Rosser was famed fbr his role in the Battle of Trevilian Station in
Louisa Countv, in 1864.
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' 9{J7,g{Jg Cottage Lane (trgg0s) Thesr: Shirrele st), lc cot_tiiges lvcre ii part ol the iiligby eslatt-. lV{t.s. }losser r.arr Rugltyas a boirrdirrg hoLise aucj rhese bui l t l ings conaained atldi-r icir ir l loonr.s l i rr her gucsts.
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Tlrn west (Ieft)Immediately on
ffi 1007 Rugtffidesigned t\*larchitect n,later designed OHospital and thetral pavilion is tFairfax County, rofgardens and gtCharles Gillette (
Proceed west androad fork and brback from the roa
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tion of the existinlocal attomey an<Board of Visitors,which was two rcolder home. Fromrun by Miss Nanq
In the next block or
t ft l3r4 RusI f, fResister)i- \.f er.bugene
with a Iarge ciassicato be the suminer I1969) and Miltonattorney and Woo
Ra,Xur.'rt la Rtt.g'ti1, l?.anr.l bS, irrruiitq riqltt orr Wastt,iety jlptttl artd posscr Lartcu'Lrieh tttkes yo' bot:A. to \'\titis_trtt. Tirrtirtg icft on r?.t4gb1,, vou u,,r .fintl rrtrgestatcl.y Jylnlst tlu Lirgc lors. Ort ,t,ortr righ-t is:
928 Rugby Road {1922) 'll-ris
brick horne belonged toRobcrt I l . \ \ .ebb ( l gg2-t952) nho rnas profbssor, ofClrech at the Universitv. ,I.l-re
iroLrse rvas iesignecl byl iuseuc Bracl[rur.1. in thc (]olonial Rcvival stvJc.
{)u l,Litrr lt.fi i.s:
i l : rO. Rugl 'y Road (1929) ' lhis
sirbsrantial brick hrimc, was
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t : : l : : l :1r.u [rv Sr.rnisiarr, , \ tal<reiski who bascd rhe desigr. i on'b ' \ , \ cs t ( )v r r . l , l . ' r t . r t i rn . l t ' rav havc t recn Mak ic ls l< i ,s { l rs i rcs i_
dcntial bui lel i 'g. Srnir i lcr r 'an \\bsto'er, the cictai ls appcar muchheavier ' fhi ln on t i tc honc of Wil j iatn i lvr.d I I on the J:rntcs l{ ivr:r.Instcad .f \ ' ' r 'cst 're r ' 's i larki 'g wines. thei.e are one-story side piaz-zas rvith opei i cieci<s on i .op.
*- 3^]1, 'a:tbyRoad (1932)' I 'his horni, rvi is clesigned by tularshal l
fu * " t , , ' r i r t t , r thc th r .u -pres ident o f U .Va. , Udwin A. A lc lc rman.' F P I l l ( A l ( l ( t n l : l n I t r , ' . 1 5 , , j i , l i \ t { ) _ s l { ) r \ h r i r k G c o r . g i , r n R e r r \ ' a l
and onc of \ t 'el ls ' f i r-st rcsit lenriar r iui ' Icl ings. Arcrer 'ra' dieri befbrethe house r,vas contpietecl I :rut his rvjdotvl i i ,ecl theie fbi.a 11ut 'bet of,]"ealS,
Last on your r ial t t i : :
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shattow Brae (rell_14) .,\nothcr Eugene,d
rirJ(ltrLlr'1 ticsrgrrcti h<_.ine is this large t'o.n_story ]rouse r.vith Jtuc_d cred wulls. I t is o'rr 2.75-acre iot rvhicrr is o'c of the rar.ger piecesof p'opcr.rv o. this i ;rretcrr . f Rugby rtoacr. ' r 'he family . f l )r . Rober.t Ir
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rick home was
the design on
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ly house lvith stuc-' of the larger pieces
rily of Dr. Robelt F.
Compton (d.1g24,) a University Merlical School professor occupied
the house for fiftY Years.
Turn west (left) at the trffic light onto o continuation of Rugby Road'
ImmediatelY on Your left is:
1ft 1007 Rugby Road, Belvoir (1928) A Georgian Revival home
h*a.ris*.l"by Stanhope Johnson (1882-1973') a Lvnchburg
LJur.ni*., noted tbr his Georgian Revival buiidings who five years
laterdesignedOakForestinFarmingtonaswellastheMarthaJeffersonHospitai lnd the Monticello Hotel now 500 Court Square' Belvoir's ceu-
iral pavilion is basecl on Gunston Hall, George Masoris 1755 home in
Fairiax County, Virginia. Wrought iron entry gates lead to the 2'64 actes
;i;;;;.tt uni grorin,l, originally designed by noted landscape architect
Charles Gillette ( 1 886-1969)'
Proceed west and keep otr Rugby Roatl' Do not bear to the left when the
road forks andbecomes Baricks Road (see number Tour l' site 1J)' Set
back from the road on Your right is:
/-lI 1204 Rugby Road, Stonefield (1860, c'1880; National Register)
Lf rn. original part of this home, a simple vernacular one-over-
tf on tooo-rto.y frame structure, is now the southeast or rear por-
tion of the existing house. After 1880' Mason Gordon (1840-1914)'
locai attoruey ani a mernber of the University governing body' the
Board of Visitors, added a two-story Victorian Queen Anne addition
which was two rooms wide and one room deep on the side of the
older home. From 1915-1955 this was the site of Stonefield School
run by Miss Nanry Gordon (1876-1954)'
[n the next block on Yout right is:
"{ ^ 1314 Rugbv Road, Four Acres (1910; National
I [ ! n eitt.tiritit re<lbrick Colonial Revival is anoth-
& LJ .t iug..,. Braclbury home' It has a tall main block
with a large clissical portico featuring Ionic columns' It was
to be the-sumrner residence of Lucy Cocke Elliott (1875-
1969) and Milton C' Elliott (1879-1928)' a Washington
attorney and Woodrow Wilson's general counsel to the
Tour ) B3
$ $ Barracks Rd. This road is nanred afier-the balraclir; buitrt <.1r,uing
$ ff the Rr-v.1Lr1j()nj1y War. It housed llessian mercen.ries and British& s' soldicrs caprurecl at ti.re lrat.tle of sarat.ga. Thc sire is {l'e r'ilcs
lvest ancl no st.ructlrres are pr"esent totlar..
Fecieral .Reserve. lt rua,v be the last house in tl-rr: city to harc hand-hcn,uinterior bea'rs, ha'd-f.rgcd nails a.d hancj-mar,lc bricl<s. U.\,:t. .iv'eriFour Acres in the late i940s at r,r ,hich t ir 'c i t nas,ccupicci b., , , \cinriralWil i ianr F. " l lul l" Haisey (1882-1959) who hacl conrrnrnded the ldavy,saircraft in the Pacific during World \.Vrrr l[.
By cttntinuing out lluglty Rottd to Dciry Roocl yott tuill et'cntually r,:ach trtt250 Rypass.
While you are in the neighborhood
. 1515 Keith Valley Road (c.1750s-1790s, 1937) Thishome began as ;r log hr:use with lal-ge stonc chiinnevs ateach end. Archilect Marshall \\iells persuaded its cu ncrs rnthe 1930s to preserve the oltl builclir-rg and ii.rcorpur..rrc iiinto a moclern dwelling. He aclded a third srnal[er. chinrneyto complenent tl"re additior.
" 1535 Rugby Rc'ad, Traii's End (1914) 'I'his is ir large }lnr:iish i.uclor"
building ivhich wirs built as the Char"lottcsville Cour.irr.y Club ;-,ncidesig'ed by Euge.c Bradburl'. Its w.lls arc lleldsto'rc rvith stL-rccri andhall- t imbering. l t has been the Chj psi Fratcrnify house sincc i9.{9.
. Banacks Road, Sunnyside (c"i800, c,1859) The northrrn (t ighr hlnd )section ol this rarnbling f'arle ho';se rvas built c. l800. lt rva.s eniarrleriatrtl rernodeled in tl're Gothic Revival stvle (c. lB-19), usir.rg iArn511i11g1,,,,.,Irvir-rg's home "Sunnyside" in
-Ihrrytoi,vn, N.y, as a r i .rodcl. ' [ ' l ic
houscrva.s the home oftthe Duke f ir ' i lv I ' rorn r863-196i. ' l her-c lravc irecnrn ln l r rJd i t ions r rn t l . r l t c r . r t j r ' ns .
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. American Bond _ See Br
. A r ch i t r ave . l n *h : : i e l lI i l n1 p , y r1 l r n r r l t hc e r r t abcolunrns. Aiso the rro ld ing, , ; ' , ' r r i n5 r a . i r r A r ch i r r r vc
. Baiustrade _ A row o1archi tectur.al nrerrbers havtopped bv a rail.
" Ilargelroard , A board, ol( r ' n ( uJ l \ l l t c ' uo f t i r nbc r ,gables.
. Ba l t en - . { t h i r r . r ) J t . r o t v ) t tsciti oL cover a joint on a bc
" Brick Boncl - 'l 'he arrange
, , r ! ' nd \ . ( , 1 - l , r i r . k \ t h r f h i rwall. Ancrical l3ond cornpr( \ ( . r \ fo l t r lh. o!- tn()rc, culJ l ' r r d i . r r r t i : { s c j r v i f h a l tl t r l r l c t r l nd s t r c r chc rs ( o r l t rt v i s r ' , . I l e rn i , h l l t r nd i s co i r rI r u , r , l t . r s r r t d . l r c t r l t e r : _ t r tarranged to forn a plus sign
. Casement Window _ A ul'irh the s.r.sh hinged on one
. Chirnney Curtain - A bric.nect ing nvo eable_en11 chintthe gable roof .
. Conso i c A r r a r r l r i t c t t u r l lI r r , l t ; , 1 s r , 1 ; t , r l , , r n r I h . aeke t
. Corbeled Cornice - Sce Cor
. Corinthian Order See Gre
' Co rn i ce I r r t t . r i , r 1 l l j yp 31i r ( r l - . i l 1 ( i t l t c t r , r l l , r r r t l ) c l o r r r rr r , l n l l l . \ D c n t i l ( r , r n i t c .
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Glossary of Architectural Terms
have hand-hervncks. U.Va. orvnedrpied by Admiralanded the Nar.y's
entually rettch the
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acks built duringraries and Blitish: site is five miles
This
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rern (right hand)t. It was enlargedsing Washingtonrodel. The houseThere have been
. American Bond - See llrick Ilond.
. Architrave - ln classical architecture the bot-tom portion of the entablature resting on thecolumns. AIso the molding around a rectangularopeuing {as in Architrave Trirn).
. Balustrade - A row of balusters (or verticalarchitectural nrembers having a vaselike outline)topped by a rail.
. Bargeboard - A board, oiten ornamented, thatconceals the roof timbers projecting over thegables.
. Batten - A thin, narrow strip of lumber used toseal or cover a joint on a board and batten wall.
. Brick Bond - The arrangement of the headers,or ends, of bricks that bind a bricl<, masonryrvall. American llond cornprises rows of headersevery fourth, or lnore, courses) while EnglishIlond is arranged with alternating courses ofheaders and stretchers (or bricks laid out length-rvise). Flemish Ilond is composed of alternatinghearders and stretchers--lvithin each course--arranged to form a plus sign in three courses.
. Casement Window - A rvindow coltstructedrvith the sash hinged on one side.
. Chimney Curtain - A brick parapet wall con-nectilrg two gable-end chinrr:eys, and rnaskingthe gable roof.
. Console - An architectural member projectingfrom a rvall to fcrrm a bracket.
. Corbeled Cornice - Sce Conrice.
. Corinthian Order - See Greek Orders.
. Cornice - Exterior trim at the joining of theroof and the lvall, or tbe top molding on an inte-rior wall. A Dentil Cornice, also known as a
Modillion Cornice, is rnade up oi'bricks project-ing under a roof eave. A Corbeled Cornice f'ea-tures a series of brick projections, each steppedprogressi'r'ely fartlter fbrward witl-r height, usedto suppclrt and overhanging roof. A MousetoothCornice comprises one or two rows of diagonal-ly set brick under a roof eave.
. Dentil Cornice - See Coruice.
. Doric Order - See Greek Orders.
. English Bond - See Brick Bond.
. Entablature - In classical architecture the hor-izontal building mernber that rests atop thecolumns, consisting of the conrice (on the top),the lrieze (in the middle) and the archjtrave (onthe botton-r).
. Facade - The front of a structure.
. Fanlight - A semicircular window, with radiat-ing ribs like a fhn, placed trbove a door or lvin-dow.
. Federal Revival- A style popular during|efferson's lifetime-fiom about 1780 to 1830-featuring fbnlights and figural or non-orrhagt-r-nal spaces, arches, and domes.
. Flemish Bond - See Brick Bond.
. Frieze - The portion of the entablature (thehorizontal building member, in ciassical archi-tectural, that rests atop the columns) that liesbetween the architrave (the entablature's lowestdivision) and the cornice (the entablature's top-most div;sion).
. Gable - The vertical triangular end of a build,ing from its eaves to its ridge. A Parapet Gabi.e isorre featuring a lotv wall, sometines stepped,lvhich receives the gable roof, ol'ten serving as afire wall in townhouses.
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characteristics. Ireatures brackets, coupledrounded .windorvs, antl square {owers.
. IackArch - A flat lintel rvith gauged bric[<s.
^-Kefs1on" - f.jle central, rvedge*shaped unil ofan arch-
. Lintel - A horizontal architectural rnember
lillla* ":"]" the top or arr openng such as acoor or windorv.
. Mansard Roof - See Roof .lypes.
. Modillion Cornice _ See Cornicc_.
:"}'|:rO A donrinanr, usually recurring, cenrralthente or thematic element.
. Mousetooth Cornice, See Cornice.
;.l,at]aaia1 _ A revived, classical archirectural
st).le.based ,n the rvorlis of ltalia' R;;;*;;;;arc l i te* Andrea pai ladio i t50;* t ' ; ; ; ; '
Palladian .style rva.s inrportecl into Engf "ua-i,r'th;
l,]-tn,:.,"rr.t and Anierica ir, ,fr* lul,.. i"l:ni
jlr:, ilil, century. 'l'l.romas lell.er.son ,.f..,.;;; ;;Palladioi 'I'he
f\tur l)ooks of A,.;i,;;;;;r,:;:,reprrnted in 1713, as his Bible.
. Parapet Gable _ See Cabic.. Half-Timbered _ lluih ofspaces filled in rvith nrasonrwood
framing with 'Pavr. sn. ;:i:, 1j-":li'.1
btl,''ding projecting rion,.Hip Roor- see Roorrypes '.n;il;;'Tlil,:il:fl::,.J[1,iJ,'#'
. C a z e b o - A f r e e s t a n t l i
rcx, retr stru cture, ;;;:;; I:;., ttpen -sided a nd
., Georgian Style _ Fronr the Englsh reigns o{.three King (Jeorges ( i7 ' |4 ' - ts20), an ar .chi tec,
::::!tl. emphasizing classrcrl correctness andsymmetrli .featuring briclt construction rvithC ( ) . l i t r c ) dnd ( . i I . n i cC \ r ) 1 . r \ l l i tC . 1 , , , , . an i t r l , r r ' _r'rngs of painted lvhite ,.",jrr,",_k. l;;;;;;;,
also includes rvood trarleorthagonal pin,]r."'t'
"drrlc DLllidlngs too and
" Gothic Revival _ An lStl
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roori:d-o'ergarierv'u5u6]rvlvith open
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pureapple or acor
",.Fiazza _;\ largerour c<l lumns and
.p i l as te r -Awa l l _
iar that has both a
. porte Cochere _ .Arng clesignecl to alJoto pass iiorn the strr" p o r t i c o - A c o v e rcoIuntns.
" port ico- in-ant isq'irich the coiumnsrr.tg s outside rvall.
" eueen Anne _ I.Jaearj,v lgth-century Irng ntoditt-ed, classic ,of red brickrvork in rc.trved. In Virginia, utthe Victorian pefiodI900 and f.eatures circ
. Quoins - A prttet.n c
u.se. l t t , h igf i ight the c
. R o m a n e s q u e - A s n
oped in ltaly benveen tistyie.s feiituring profus€0t the i-ounil arch and ,t rse of ar tat lcs (or .uqhgrn Vrrgin i i r , t lur in. t thep. l l tcr j tcd . r t tcr th,Richar.ds, r r r .
. Roof Types - ,\ FIip l
lp*.1:,1 tl.onr ail fuur s
t (or l t hJS;r t ioubl t s lopesrope being Dturh steepcr
. Rusticate _ lb firce a stnracc'd ntasonry blocks havttuclJtg pl on0uncerj ioints
. Ionic Order - See Greek Orders ;,:::.'flff"]t::::lil::'* gabre end of a roof'Italia'ate - A st'vie thart is basicaty ltalii 'L' i ' its ' pe'aant - A rrangi'g ornaneur-somctinres a
fJ6 Clossary
rcteristics. Features brackets, coupled
led windolvs, and square towers.
r Arch - A flat lintel rvith gauged bricks.
stone - The central, wedge-shaped unit of
ch.
rtel - A horizontal architectural member
ing across the top of an opening such as a
or windolv.
gia - A roofed-over gallery, usuallywith open
les.
.rver - An opening fixed with slanted, and
:times movable, fins to allow for the passarge
r.
nsard Roof - See Roof Types.
dillion Cornice - See Cornice.
tif - A donrinant, usually recurring, central
re or thematic element.
usetooth Cornice - Sec Cornice.
lladian - A revived, classical architectural
based on the rvorks of ltalian Renaissance
i tect Andrea Pal ladio (1508-1580).
,dian sty'le was imported into England in the
century and America in the .l.atter half of
l8th century. Thornas Jefferson ref'erred to
rdio's The Four Books of Architecture,
inted in 1713, as his Bible.
rapet Gable - See Gabie.
rilion - A part of a building projecting from
rest, or one of several detached or semide-
ed units into which a structure is divided.
liment - The triangular gable end of a roof
ted above its cornice.
ndant - A hanging ornament-sometimes a
pineapple or acorn-used in roofs or ceilings.
. Piazza - A large porch, usually with more thanfour columns and two stories in heisht.
. Pilaster - A wall-nounted flat, rectangular pil-lar that has both a capital. and a base.
. Porte Cochere - A passager+'ay through a build-ing designed to allow vehicles to pass through, orto pass from the street to an interior courtyard.'Portico - A covered entry area supPorted bycolumns.
. Portico-in-antis - A recessed portico in
which the columns are l"lush with the build-
ing's outside wall.
. Queen Anne - Having the characteristics of
early ISth-century English construction featur-ing modified, classic ornamentation and the use
of red brickwork in which relief ornaments arecarved. In Virginia, usually after the CivilWar inthe Victorian Period betrveen 1860 to about1900 and t-eatures circular towers.
. Quoins - A pattern of raised bricks, or stones,
used to highlight the corners of buildings.
. Romanesque - A style of architecture devel-oped in Italy betrveen the Roman and the Gothicstyles featuring profuse ornamentation, the use
of the round arch and vault, and the decorative
nse of arcades (or arched, covered passagervays).
ln Virginia, during the late l9th centurS oftenpatterned after the architecture of H.H.
Richardson.
. Roof Tlpes - A Hip Roof is one that slopes
upward from all firur sides, while a lvlansardRoof has a double slope on two sides, the Iower
slope being much steeper.
. Rusticate - To 1-ace a structure with rough-sur-
faced masonry blocks having beveled edges pro-
ducing pronounced joints.
. Second Empire - A style prevalent during the
1852-1870 reign of French Emperor Napoleon
III. lt features heav* ornate modification of the
earlier, Ernpire st1'les. Made popular in America
by Alfred Il. Iv{ullett and featurir-rg mansard roofs
and cresting.
. Sidelight - Glass along the side of a door.
. Spandrel - The sometirnes ornamented area
between the exterior curve of an arch and an
enclosing right angle.
. Stucco - An exterior wall covering usuallyrnade of cement, sand, and a small amount of
lime.
. Transom - A flat window placed over a door-lvay.. Trellis - A frame of latticervork (composed oflattice, or crossed wood or metal strips) used asa screen or for the purpose ofsupporting climb-ing plants.
. Tripartite - Divided into, or composed of,
three parts or sections,
. Tuscan Order - See Greek Orders.
. Veranda - A covered open gallery or porch
attached to the outside of a home.
. Vernacular - A non-high style mode of build-
ing based upon traditional, regional, or indige-nous folk culture.
. Victorian - Relating to the arts, architecture, or
taste prevalent during the reign of QueenVictoria of H,ngland, 1837-1901.
. Weatherboard- A sawn board used for hori-
zontai exterior wood siding.
Glossary 87
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