{"nrhp_refnum":"06000320","name":"Holt, Charles B., House","other_names":["C.B. Holt \"Rock House\"","104-5098"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1010 Preston Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville","county":"Charlottesville","state":"VA","lat":38.041864779000036,"lon":-78.49188746999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-04-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story Arts and Crafts style stone bungalow at 1010 Preston Avenue, about a mile west of downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, built in 1925-1926 by its owner, Charles B. Holt.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant under Criterion A for African American ethnic heritage, as an early sign of Black families establishing suburban homes in Charlottesville. Under Criterion B it is tied to Holt, a pioneering Black landowner, and schoolteacher Asalie Minor Preston, who helped establish an educational scholarship fund. Under Criterion C it is an unusual local example of a stone bungalow in the Arts and Crafts style.","narrative":"Built in 1925-1926 on a double lot at 1010 Preston Avenue, this 1½-story stone bungalow was the work of Charles B. Holt, a Black carpenter and contractor who bought the land in 1917 from John West, an African American developer. Its walls are red and brown sandstone gathered from the Rivanna River, laid randomly with raised mortar joints, and matching retaining walls tie the yard to the house. Details include a symmetrical front with a bracketed gable, six-over-one windows, a tapered-column porch, and oak floors inside. Stone houses are unusual in a city of frame, stucco and brick residences. The house is recognized as a mark of Black home ownership in the Jim Crow era, when African Americans owned only a small share of local real estate. From about 1950 to 1973 it was home to teacher Asalie Minor Preston, whose name is attached to a college scholarship fund. Industrial buildings later grew up around it, but its original character survives, and a 2005 renovation prepared it for office use.","period_of_significance":"1926-1956","architect_builder":"Holt, Charles B.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century: Other: Bungalow/Craftsman (Arts and Crafts)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Under renovation and adaptive reuse at the time of nomination, intended as an office for a pro bono legal project; the form describes integrity as very high.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.473276-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/6801/41680119/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000320.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000320/1c38a8f3b6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000320/1c38a8f3b6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nickmorgan2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_B_Holt_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Nickmorgan2</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:Charles_B_Holt_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680119","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Holt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5075307"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charlottesville/holt-charles-b-house-06000320/"}