Built 1938 VLR # 020-5583 Opened 1938 Architectural style International Style | NRHP Reference # 93001464 Designated VLR October 20, 1993 Area 8,000 m² Added to NRHP 30 December 1993 | |
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Location 2900 Boisseau St. Ettrick, VA 23803 | ||
Azurest South, the home and workplace of Amaza Lee Meredith (one of the nation’s first black female architects) is one of the few examples in Virginia, United States of the Post World War I German style: International Style. Meredith was the founder of the fine arts department of Virginia State University in 1930. She shared the home with her companion, Dr. Edna Meade Colson, dean of the Virginia State University School of Education. When Meredith died, she left half of the property's interest to the Virginia State University National Alumni Association, and after Colson's death, the association purchased the other half of the estate.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Azurest South displays "a fascination with modernity, a familiarity with new materials and construction details, and a love of nature." The building is located in a dell on the eastern edge of campus.