{"nrhp_refnum":"08000340","name":"Carr's Hill","other_names":["University of Virginia President's House","Vdhr # 002-5082"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1910 Carr's Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.03797633250005,"lon":-78.5038578658079,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Carr's Hill is a complex at 1910 Carr's Hill Road near Charlottesville, Virginia, centered on the University of Virginia President's House, a brick Colonial Revival mansion built 1906-1909. It also includes a guest cottage, Buckingham Palace (an 1856 cottage), the Leake Cottage, the landscape and two iron capitals.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant for its architecture, designed by McKim, Mead and White, and for its association with the university presidency created in 1904. Edwin Alderman became the first University President in 1905. The house physically represents the shift from Jefferson's faculty-run governance to a presidential system.","narrative":"Carr's Hill is a roughly four-acre complex overlooking the University of Virginia's Academical Village, built around the President's House. The red brick Colonial Revival mansion, begun in 1906 by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White and continued after his death by William Kendall, has a double-height Doric portico, a slate roof and a center-hall plan with detailed Classical Revival interiors. The grounds also hold a guest cottage, the Leake Cottage, a small 1856 cottage nicknamed Buckingham Palace, a landscape setting and two iron capitals salvaged from the Rotunda Annex after the 1895 fire. The property was listed for its architecture and for its link to the university's change from faculty governance to a president, a post established in 1904 with Edwin Alderman as the first holder in 1905. The house has served as the residence of the university's presidents since then, and its period of significance runs from 1856 to 1957.","period_of_significance":"1856-1957","architect_builder":"McKim, Mead and White","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Southern Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still serves as the University of Virginia President's House, with other buildings used as guest houses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.96357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/6793/41679349/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000340.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000340/e62d5f3b1f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000340/e62d5f3b1f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rwhaley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrs_hill.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rwhaley</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:Carrs_hill.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003523","name":"Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/rugby-road-university-corner-historic-district-84003523/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679349","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carr%27s_Hill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712131"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/carrs-hill-08000340/"}