Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District

500 Park St

First Presbyterian Church, 1955

BrickContributes to the historic character of the district

1955
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Suggest a correction or removal

What is it about?

From the National Register nomination

brick (Flemish bond with glazed headers); 1 1/2 stories; 3 bays; pedimented portico; gable roof with spire. Colonial Revival. 1955. Circular windows above 1/1 sash windows; 4 Doric columns support portico with full entablature; half-circle fan window in end gable; church modeled after Gibbs St. Martin's-in-the-Fields (1722). "L"-shaped church school wing and office extension.

People

  • Gibbs architect in 1722 (architect of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, the church's model)

Memories

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