On April 29th, the City of Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review recommended that ten historic properties be added to the city’s roster of those protected by the city’s zoning ordinances. Two other properties were deferred: Designation of the Zion Union Baptist Church at 1015 Preston Avenue was put on hold pending City consultation with the congregation and another review of the church’s history, while McIntire Park (245-365 Route 250 Bypass) was deferred more or less because the BAR couldn’t quite agree on how it should be designated. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources has already, as part of the process that triggered a Section 106 review of the new highway interchange and Meadowcreek Parkway plan, determined that the Park is “register-eligible”. So, some historical research and administrative classification has been done on the Park, already.
The properties currently recommended to the City Council, each one including a full land area parcel or a partial one, for designation are:
- Former Coca Cola Bottling Works (134 10th Street NW)
- Holy Temple Church of God in Christ (212 Rosser Avenue_
- Martha Jefferson Hospital (Patterson Wing, 459 Locust Avenue
- Former Belmont Hall/Independent Order of Good Templars (603 Dale Avenue)
- Coca Cola Bottling Company (722 Preston Avenue)
- Wachovia Bank (Former National Bank & Trust branch, 901 Emmet Street)
- Former Monticello Dairy Building (946 Grady Avenue)
- The Coal Tower (133-155 Carlton Road)
- Fry’s Spring Service Station (2115 Jefferson Park Avenue)
- Fry’s Spring Beach Club (2512 Jefferson Avenue)
