Charlottesville, Virginia, house by house

Every building in 12 of the city’s historic districts, 1409 in all, with what the National Register record says about each one: who built it, who lived there, and what has changed.

Today

Colored by building material, as on Sanborn fire-insurance maps:

  • Frame (82)
  • Brick (327)
  • Stone (6)
  • Concrete or block (13)
  • Not recorded (981)
  • Dashed: not a contributing building
  • National Register listing (2)

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A house, a store, a church, a school, or somewhere that’s gone: the records only tell part of the story. Share what you remember, or an old photograph.

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Pictures and maps

Every Sanborn fire insurance atlas of Charlottesville, 1886 to 1925, and photographs shared by people who know these houses.

Listed on their own

Buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places on their own, not as part of a district.

The oldest building on record here is Butler-Norris House at 410 E Jefferson St, dated 1785, 1880.

Every place, street by street

Places 1–100 of 1,411.

1st St N

1st St S

2nd St NE

2nd St NW

2nd St SE

2nd St SW

3rd St NE

4th St NE

4th St NW

4th St SW

4th Street SW

5th St NE

5th St SW