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Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
09000452

Designated VLR
  
March 20, 2008

Year built
  
1822

VLR #
  
104-0213

Area
  
23 ha

Added to NRHP
  
18 June 2009

Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District

Location
  
Bounded by Cherry Ave, to the S., the railway to the N., 4th St., SW to the E., and Spring St., to the W., Charlottesville, Virginia

Built by
  
Hawkins, Coles, Shelton, Watson, Updike; J. Nalls; James Dinsmore

Architectural style
  
Early Republic, Gothic Revival, Bungalow Craftsman

Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at Charlottesville, Virginia. The district encompasses 264 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in a predominantly African-American residential section of the city of Charlottesville. It was developed between 1890 and the 1930s and includes examples of the Bungalow and Gothic Revival styles. The oldest is dated to 1822. Located in the district are the separately listed Oak Lawn, Benjamin Tonsler House, Delevan Baptist Church, and Gardner-Mays Cottage.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

References

Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District Wikipedia