Preston Court Apartments Explained

Preston Court Apartments
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 5, 2007[1]
Designated Other1 Number:104-0239
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:1600 Grady Ave., Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates:38.0411°N -78.4994°W
Architect:Makielski, Stanislaw
Builder:Hartman, Frank E., Co
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:October 29, 2007
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:07001134

Preston Court Apartments is a historic apartment building in Charlottesville, Virginia, US built in 1928. It is a three-story, C-shaped, reinforced concrete building faced with brick. It has two two-story, five-bay, flat-roofed Ionic order porticos in the Classical Revival style. The building continues to be used as a rental/apartment building by the Hartman family.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It is located in the Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Preston Court Apartments . Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters . June 2007. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos