Carr's Hill is a two-story, five-bay brick house at 1910 Carr's Hill Road near Charlottesville, Virginia, built in 1906 by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White in the Southern Colonial Revival style, with a prominent double-height pedimented portico in the Doric order. It has served as the residence of the President of the University of Virginia, overlooking the university chapel and the Academical Village, and its four-acre grounds include a guest cottage from around 1840, a structure known as Buckingham Palace from 1856, the Leake Cottage from around 1870, a 1908 carriage house, and salvaged iron capitals from the Robert Mills Rotunda Annex ruins after an 1895 fire. It was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in 2007 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountVirginia, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
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Carr's Hill, also known as the University of Virginia President's House, is a historic home located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia.
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Carr's Hill is a two-story, five-bay brick house at 1910 Carr's Hill Road near Charlottesville, Virginia, built in 1906 by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White in the Southern Colonial Revival style, with a prominent double-height pedimented portico in the Doric order. It has served as the residence of the President of the University of Virginia, overlooking the university chapel and the Academical Village, and its four-acre grounds include a guest cottage from around 1840, a structure known as Buckingham Palace from 1856, the Leake Cottage from around 1870, a 1908 carriage house, and salvaged iron capitals from the Robert Mills Rotunda Annex ruins after an 1895 fire. It was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in 2007 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1906)
Carr's Hill, also known as the University of Virginia President's House, is a historic home located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. Carr's Hill was built in 1906, and is a two-story, five bay brick dwelling in the Colonial Revival style. It features a prominent double-height pedimented portico in the Doric order, a slate covered hipped roof, and two tall chimneys. It was designe
In Style: Colonial Revival Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Southern Colonial Revival
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia categories
Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
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Wikidata item Q14712131, instance of (P31): villa
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q14712131, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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