Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District

100 E South St

A building, Ca. 1900

BrickContributes to the historic character of the district

1900

18001850190019502000

From the National Register nomination

brick (5-course American bond); 3 stories; flat roof; 6 bays with small 6-bay addition to east. Commercial Vernacular. Ca. 1900. Entrances in 1st and 4th bays from west. 2 large plate-glass windows on 1st story. 3/4 louvred windows on 2nd and 3rd stories. L-shaped elevator shaft projects above roof line between 4th and 5th bays from west. Colonial Revival entrance.

City historic survey

City historic survey. City of Charlottesville, Historic Preservation.

In the 1890 city directory

The 1890 city directory lists these people at this address. This house is from after 1890, so they lived or worked in an earlier building here.

Eddie Brown, laborer
John Spinner, driver

From the directory as mapped by University of Virginia Facilities Management GIS.

Style: Commercial Vernacular
Stories: 3
Built of: brick
Exterior: brick (5-course American bond)
Roof: flat roof

Notable features

plate-glass windows
louvred windows
L-shaped elevator shaft
Colonial Revival entrance

Today

See it on Google Street View (opens Google Maps, where “See more dates” shows older photos)

Nearby

100 W South St,
106 W South St, H.H. Hankins Warehouse
108 W South St,
200 W South St,
213 2nd St SW, Watson-Beasley House
209 2nd St SW, Watson House

Similar

400 E Market St, Frizell Building - Odd Fellows Hall
102-106 1st St S,

Nearby markers

Swanson v. University of Virginia, Q-39, 280 m
Stone Tavern and Central Hotel, Q-20, 360 m
Three Notch'd Road, Q-21, 370 m
Sales of Enslaved People in Court Square, Q-49, 430 m
Jefferson School, Q-30, 460 m

Source: Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District National Register Nomination, page 54. Listed there as “100 East South Street.”