This year, on Saturday the 17th, we feature both historic and contemporary homes in the Woolen Mills neighborhood to show how new architecture can complement and enrich historic areas. Modern, sustainable architecture expresses our approach to design and living today, and adds a “21st century layer” to the history of our neighborhoods. This tour includes [...]
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Preservation Piedmont’s Fall Tour Weekend: October 17-18, 2009
Posted in Albemarle County, Charlottesville, Cultural Preservation, National Register, Uncategorized on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Moe, Director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, confirmed as Preservation Week’s keynote speaker
Posted in Cultural Preservation, National Register, PAPA Organizational Information, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Courtesy of Preservation Piedmont’s Preservation Week Committee:
Preservation Week 2009 will commence with a lecture, an exhibition, and an opening reception at the Charlottesville Community Design Center on Friday, April 3, 2009. Following the opening reception, historic house tours, a bus tour of work by Milton Grigg, and neighborhood walking tours will be offered over the weekend. [...]
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Created
Posted in National Register on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, May 8th, the President signed legislation (principally sponsored by Senator John Warner and Representative Frank Wolf) creating the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area. The area’s northern terminus is the Gettysburg battlefield, while its southern end is Monticello. It generally follows Route 15.* It’s 175 miles long, holds some 73 districts listed on [...]
Kenridge, Albemarle County, Added to Virginia Landmarks Register
Posted in Albemarle County, National Register, Virginia Landmarks Register on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Overshadowed by the Fifeville discussion and vote at the March 20th joint session of the State Review Board and the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, there was another local action: Kenridge (PDF), in Albemarle County, was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and recommended to the National Register of Historic Places. The house [...]
“Sustainable Design” versus Sustaining a Culture: No Excuses.
Posted in Charlottesville, Cultural Preservation, National Register, USGBC, Virginia Landmarks Register on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The catalog of cultural properties eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register includes the category “structures.” It’s a broad one, but boils down to something made by a human being and bent to a human purpose other than providing human shelter. Examples could be: A lighthouse. A bridge. A [...]
Fifeville Virginia Landmark District Created, National Register of Historic Places Historic District Pending
Posted in Charlottesville, National Register, Virginia Landmarks Register on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An excerpt from the draft minutes of the March 20th Joint Meeting of the Virginia State Review Board and the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, with some editing for clarity.
A word on the responsibilities of the two Boards referred to below: The State Review Board [SRB] is an expert advisory board of composition mandated by [...]
Fifeville-Castle Hill National and Virginia Register Public Meeting
Posted in Charlottesville, National Register, Virginia Landmarks Register on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, February 7th, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources will host a statutorily-required meeting. The meeting will be held at the Tonsler Park Center and the topic will be the pending nomination of the “Fifeville-Castle Hill” district to the National Register of Historic Places and Virginia Landmarks Register. The time is 6:30pm. The staff [...]
