The Historic Charlottesville Tour Book

 

By Charlottesville's Historic Resource Task Force with the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society


Edited by Frank E. Grizzard, Jr.

 

189 pages, 6 x 9 • Paper $6.95

 

ISBN 0-9722733-0-1


Charlottesville is truly an amazing place. With its many parks, museums and art galleries--as well as countless cultural events--Charlottesville, Virgijnia, is synonymous for quality of life. With this book we are proud to offer 10 walking, and driving, tours that guide visitors along our beautiful tree-lined lanes. Chockfull of architectural detail, the tours also provide wonderful glimpses into Charlottesville's historic past.

Includes 10 tours, 11 maps, close to 200 sites, and over 190 photographs!

 

From the back of the book:

"Charlottesville is remarkable for beautiful and significant homes, public buildings, and statues. With this handy tour book, visitors and residents alike can spend many an afternoon exploring the city's conspicuous treasures in architecture and history."

--Daniel P. Jordan, President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private, nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello



"Charlottesville represents a microcosm of the rich architecture and history of Virginia. Jeffersonian examples are enriched by the many architectural gems of the latter part of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by his master builders and others. This guidebook allows the reader to follow in the footsteps of that history."

--K. Edward Lay, Cardy D. Langhorne Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia, and author of The Architecture of Jefferson Country




Frank E. Grizzard, Jr., is Director of the Lee Family Digital Archive. He has served as Vice President and President of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society and for many years edited the Society's annual journal, the Magazine of Albemarle County History.