More Details on the Scheduled Events

 

Unless otherwise noted, events require no registration. The 3 events that require registration are: the 4/5 Grigg Bus Tour, the 4/7 Monticello Visitor's Center Open House, and the 4/10 Preservation 101 workshop. Please see the Learn More page for those registration details.

FRIDAY- April 3rd.
Preserving Place = Sustaining Community

On display for the entire month of April at the CCDC following the April 3rd opening, "Preserving Place=Sustaining Communities" will present a broad range of contemporary issues in preservation both locally and nationally.  Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about local preservation successes as well as buildings that have been lost, ongoing debates in the preservation community, and how to take advantage of local and national preservation opportunities. 

FRIDAY - April 3rd.
Lost Albemarle

"Lost Albemarle" - Exhibits of lost architecture of Albemarle County. A joint project by the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society and the Albemarle County Historic Preservation Committee. Exhibits will run through Preservation Week and beyond at both locations. The McIntire Building at 200 Second Street NE in Charlottesville is home of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. The Society is open M-F 9-5, Sat 10-1. For more information, please call 434-296-1492 or visit the Society's website. The exhibit opens in the second floor lobby of the Albemarle County Office Building at 401 McIntire Road on April 3 and runs through April 24. The County Office Building is open M-F from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm (some evening hours are available). For more information go to the county's website.

SATURDAY - April 4th, 10-11:30
Preservation is Maintenance AND Sustainable

Join this session to learn why historic preservation is MAINTENANCE and GREEN and SUSTAINABLE. This talk will illustrate why we should maintain what we already have, focusing on historic materials and maintenance.

 

SATURDAY - April 4th, 5-6pm
Preservation Beliefs and Values: Who Cares, Who Doesn't, and Why?

"I don't care what happens to that old building." "We shouldn't stand in the way of economic progress." "Global warming is a myth." Why do people differ so strongly in the degree to which they agree or disagree with beliefs such as these? Who does and doesn't care about issues of preservation and sustainability, and why? In this presentation, and through audience exchange, we will explore these most basic questions as well as how and why caring about old buildings and concern for the environment are indeed value-based "pieces of the same puzzle."

 

SUNDAY - April 5th, 11-2
From Plantation to Suburb: A Walking History of the Martha Jefferson Neighborhood

Join neighbors and the author of the neighborhood's recent National Register Nomination for a tour of the Martha Jefferson Historic District.  First developed as a plantation called "Locust Grove" in 1839, the neighborhood was later conceived as one of Charlottesville's first suburbs in the early 1890s and today retains a remarkable degree of integrity of its historic architecture and development pattern.


SUNDAY - April 5th, 1:30-2:45.
Milton L. Grigg, FAIA, and His Architectural Influence in Central Virginia

Milton LaTour Grigg FAIA (1905-1982) left a lasting impact of traditional architecture in Central Virginia during a time of emerging Modernism. Using experience from working at Colonial Williamsburg in the early 1930s, he opened his  Charlottesville office in 1933 and embarked upon a career of providing exemplary traditional residential, religious, and commercial design while being involved in the restoration of numerous historic national landmarks. Our lecture will focus on his designs in the decades of the 1930s through the 1970s.

Milton L. Grigg, FAIA, Local Work, 3pm
Grigg Bus Tour (Registration Required)

Join Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History at the University of Virginia, for a bus tour of the architecture of local architect Milton L. Grigg on Sunday April 5th  from 3:00 - 5:30 PM. The tour will depart from the Charlottesville Community Design Center, 100 5th St. NE, corner of East Main Street Mall. The bus tour is sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Chapter of APVA/Preservation Virginia. There are still a few seats left on the bus. If you would like to join the tour, meet at the CCDC at 2:45 on April 5th. Bring cash or a check in the amount of $20.00 made out to the "TJ Chapter, APVA/Preservation Virginia.

 

MONDAY - April 6th, Brown Bag Lunch, 12 to 1.
Successful Synergies of Preservation, Conservation, and Sustainability in the South Rockfish Valley

Learn how one family's vision for protecting, enhancing, and sharing the South Rockfish Valley landscape has become a successful community-wide endeavor and a model for local preservation. Founded to protect the unique and interrelated cultural and natural history of central Nelson County, Virginia, the Rockfish Valley Foundation has successfully tackled river corridor restoration, national register listing, conservation easement establishment, and hiking and bird watching trail development in the South Rockfish Valley. Additionally, the Foundation is currently preparing a master plan to chart future goals. Join us to hear more about these deeply personal yet effective efforts to forever preserve the South Rockfish Valley landscape for everyone's enjoyment.

 

TUESDAY - April 7th, 12-1
How to Research Your Historic Property: Martha Jefferson Neighborhood Case Study

Ever wanted to know how to find out when your historic house was built, who lived there, or how your neighborhood developed?  Join the author of the recent National Register Nomination for Charlottesville's Martha Jefferson neighborhood to learn how to do deed research and use censuses, maps, and city directories to discover local history.

 

TUESDAY - April 7th, 6-8pm
Monticello Visitor's Center Open House

Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc./Monticello - Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center Open House. Before its grand opening to the public, preview the new visitor center’s exhibitions, orientation film, and children’s hands-on discovery room (ideal for children aged 6-11 and their families); visit the café and museum shop; learn about the sustainable elements used in the design and construction of the new

To register for this event, send an email to Preservation Piedmont at preservationpiedmont@gmail.com. Include the following information in the email:

 

WEDNESDAY - April 8th, 12-1
Historic Preservation is the Ultimate Recycling

Join the Department of Historic Resources' Elizabeth Tune for a discussion on the basics of the federal and state rehabilitation tax credit programs. The session will include information on the application process and the Standards for Rehabilitation, which stress the retention of a building's historic fabric.

THURSDAY - APril 9th, 6-8pm
Historic Structures and Sustainability: Case Studies and Discussion

Why should historic preservation partisans be concerned with sustainable buildings? Are existing buildings already sustainable? If so, what makes an historic structure "green"? And, how can an owner, architect, or craftsman make it even more resource-efficient without compromising its historic character or its power to generate historic rehabilitation tax credits? Brian Broadus and Alec Cargile will use real-life examples to illustrate answers to these questions.

 

FRIDAY - April 10th, 12-2
Preservation 101 for Realtors: Becoming an Historic Property Expert

Luncheon and Workshop/Realtor Certification Course. Learn about tax credit projects from a property owner and an architect; the meaning of various types of historic designations, illustrated by City and County examples; and ways you can use historic significance to help market properties. Registration is required through the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors web site, with a 40 person maximum. Visit the CAAR site to register.

SATURDAY - April 11th, 4 to 6 pm
Landscape Additions to the Charlottesville's Downtown Mall.

Studio presentation by Beth Meyer, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, UVA and UVA Architecture School graduate students.

Elizabeth Meyer, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and group of UVA School of Architecture graduate students will present their design research into the history of the Downtown Pedestrian Mall and the design process initiated by Lawrence Halprin and Associates in the 1970s through an illustrated lecture, video and a display of their design proposals for extensions to the Downtown Mall, after its current renovation. The format of the presentation is informal and conversational, so that the public can both learn from the research to date and react to the various design approaches for a landscape addition to a significant modern landscape.