AGENDA DATE: 8/7/2019
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Request for Authorization for Carr-Greer Farmhouse to be Evaluated for Historic Registers
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Request for authorization to allow the County Executive to sign the application for preliminary consideration of the Carr-Greer Farmhouse for eligibility for the historic registers
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Herrick, Graham, Maliszewski, Russell
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: River View Farm was purchased in 1807 by Hugh Carr, a formerly enslaved County resident who became a prominent and influential member of the community. Carr and his wife raised seven children, including Mary Carr-Greer, the former principal of the Albemarle Training School for whom Greer Elementary School is named.
The Carr-Greer Farmhouse is one of only a few properties still in existence that illustrate the history of the once thriving rural African American communities of Union Ridge and Hydraulic Mills. The Carr-Greer Farmhouse serves to commemorate the history of the African American community in Albemarle County in the period following emancipation from slavery.
The former River View Farm property is now a part of the Ivy Creek Natural Area which is jointly owned and managed by the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle. The Ivy Creek Foundation (ICF), in long-term agreement with the City and the County, stewards the Ivy Creek Natural Area.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Rural Area Character: Preserve the character of rural life with thriving farms and forests, traditional crossroad communities, and protected scenic areas, historic sites, and biodiversity
DISCUSSION: The ICF seeks to call attention to the significant heritage of the Carr-Greer Farmhouse and its residents by listing the property in the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places, the Commonwealth's and nation's official l...
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