{"nrhp_refnum":"04000858","name":"Recoleta","other_names":["VDHR file no. 104-5086"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 Rothery Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville (Independent City)","county":"Charlottesville","state":"VA","lat":38.040004675000034,"lon":-78.50949692099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Recoleta is a two-story Spanish Colonial Revival house at 120 Rothery Road in the Lewis Mountain neighborhood of Charlottesville, Virginia, built in 1940 with a walled garden added in 1946.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Recoleta is one of Charlottesville's preeminent examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, notable for its refinement, novelty and imagination. Its significance is increased by a detailed published account of its design process and by well-preserved landscaped grounds. It was built for University of Virginia music professor Harry Rogers Pratt and travel writer Agnes Rothery.","narrative":"Recoleta is a Spanish Colonial Revival house in Charlottesville's Lewis Mountain neighborhood, completed in 1940 for University of Virginia music professor Harry Rogers Pratt and his wife, the travel writer Agnes Rothery. Built of reinforced cinder block painted to resemble aged stucco, it has a red tile roof, arched openings, an exterior stair, steel casement windows and a U-shaped plan that wraps a south-facing patio flanked by two loggias. Inside, rounded corner fireplaces, beamed ceilings and imported ironwork and woodwork reflect the couple's travels in South America and Scandinavia. Charlottesville architect Benjamin Charles Baker translated their ideas into the final design, and Rothery described the process in her book A Fitting Habitation. A cinder block garden wall with a fountain niche was added in 1946, and later garden features extend the original scheme. The house is recognized for its architectural sophistication, its documented design history and its well-preserved grounds.","period_of_significance":"1940-46","architect_builder":"Rothery, Agnes Edwards (architect); Baker, Benjamin Charles (architect); Lee, R. E. (contractor); Suydam, Edward Howard (light fixtures)","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Retains very good architectural integrity with no substantive exterior changes since 1940; still used as multiple dwelling units and garden.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.512315-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/6800/41680093/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000858.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000858/de95d4a892-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000858/de95d4a892-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dsewell","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Recoleta,_Rothery_Rd.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dsewell</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Recoleta,_Rothery_Rd.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680093","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoleta_(Charlottesville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15272125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charlottesville/recoleta-04000858/"}