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