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Month: August 2020

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4. Belmont: Graves Addition

By Phil Varner  The Belmont neighborhood derives its name from the Belle Mont Estate, a 500+ acre plantation on which much of the neighborhood was built.  The Belmont Mansion plantation house, now converted to apartments, was likely built around 1820 for John Winn, the postmaster of Charlottesville for many years. Immediately prior to residential development, … Continue reading 4. Belmont: Graves Addition

August 10, 2020 jordyyager

NEW: Virtual Logging Workshops

Starting this Thursday, August 13, 2020, we'll be hosting a series of regular hour-long virtual logging workshops via Zoom. Each week, the new link will be posted on the right side of the MappingCville.com homepage, above the video tutorial link, as pictured here. At the top of each hour, these sessions will provide a short … Continue reading NEW: Virtual Logging Workshops

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By 1940, more than 600 deeds in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods had racist covenants in them, preventing Black residents from living there.
Last year @cvillejeffschool received support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s @savingplaces to help tell the stories and history of Black property in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
TIL: In the 1920s-30s, the U.S. passed a series of racist licensure requirements for barbers, aimed at putting Black barbershops out of business.

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