Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District
136 Madison Ln
Zeta Tau Alpha House, Ca. 1907-20
BrickContributes to the historic character of the district
1907–1920
18001850190019502000
From the National Register nomination
Built as a detached dwelling or boarding house; now a sorority house. Colonial Revival. Ca. 1907-20. Brick (stretcher bond); 2 1/2 stories; hipped roof; 3-bay front; oversize monitor dormers added 1982-83; no porch. This building functioned as one of Miss Mary Minor Lewis's two popular boarding houses between the 1920s and 1940s. In 1982 Zeta Tau Alpha sorority purchased it, adding the present oversized and incompatible monitor dormers.
City historic survey
- City historic survey. City of Charlottesville, Historic Preservation.
People
- Mary Minor Lewis owner (Miss; ran it as one of her two popular boarding houses between the 1920s and 1940s)