Recoleta | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | September 10, 2003[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 104-5086 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 120 Rothery Rd., Charlottesville, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.0397°N -78.5097°W |
Architect: | Rothery, Agnes Edwards; et al. |
Architecture: | Mission/spanish Revival |
Added: | August 11, 2004 |
Refnum: | 04000858 |
Recoleta, also known as Rothery, is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1940, and is a two- to three-story, U-shaped, Spanish Colonial Revival style dwelling. The house is constructed of stuccoed reinforced cinder block and has a red tile gable roof, arched openings, an exterior stair, a balcony, and steel-framed casement windows. The "U" contains a patio enclosed by a loggia with a garden front. Also on the property is a contributing garden enclosed by a cinder block wall built in 1946 that incorporates a fountain wall with a tile roof, circular lantern niches, and a patio. The house was built for University of Virginia music professor Harry Rogers Pratt and his wife, Agnes Edwards Rothery Pratt.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.