Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District
1602 Gordon Ave
Dabney-Thompson House, 1894
FrameIndividually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1984Also contributes to the Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District
Type: BuildingNational Archives nomination fileNPS record
From the National Register nomination
Detached dwelling; now used partly for offices. Eclectic Victorian. Built 1894. Frame with weatherboarding; 2 stories; hipped and gable roofs; asymmetrical 3-bay front; projecting 3-sided, 2-story bays on N front and E side; hipped-roofed wraparound veranda. Eastlake-style ornament in gables; "sunburst" roof brackets; metal roof cresting; dentil porch cornice; geometric window sash; metal fishscale shingles in gables. A fine, largely unaltered example of late 19th-century eclecticism, this house was built for UVa. history professor and author Richard Heath Dabney, who lived there with his family until 1907. His son, noted historian Virginius Dabney, was born in the house in 1901.
Date based on the City's historic survey.
City historic survey
- City historic survey. City of Charlottesville, Historic Preservation.
People
- Richard Heath Dabney original owner (UVa history professor and author; lived there with his family until 1907)
- Virginius Dabney associated in 1901 (historian, son of Richard Heath Dabney; born in the house)