Rugby Road–University Corner Historic District Explained

Rugby Road–University Corner Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:November 15, 1983[1]
Designated Other1 Number:104-0133
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.0397°N -78.5014°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
Added:February 16, 1984
Refnum:84003523

Rugby Road–University Corner Historic District is a national historic district located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The district encompasses 173 contributing buildings in the city of Charlottesville. It includes a variety of commercial, residential, and institutional structures mirroring the University of Virginia's development between the 1890s and the Great Depression. It includes properties on Carr's Hill. Notable buildings include the Chancellor Building (1920), the Minor Court Building (1896 and 1927), Mincer's Shop Building 1920s), the Stevens-Shepherd Building (c. 1925), Buckingham Palace (c. 1850s), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1926–27), Madison Hall (1905), fraternity houses dating from 1902 to 1928, Fayerweather Hall (1893), the Bayly Museum (1934), Faculty Apartments building (c. 1920), Watts-Hillel House (1913-1914), and Hotopp-Watson House (1900). Also located in the district are the separately listed Anderson Brothers Building, Preston Court Apartments, and Wynhurst.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

External links

3 measured drawings and 10 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

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: Rugby Road–University Corner Historic District. Department of Community Development Staff in cooperation with the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. November 1983. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map