Batesville Historic District

Batesville is a small crossroads community in Albemarle County, Virginia, where County Routes 692 (Plank Road) and 635 meet. Its buildings line both roads in a linear pattern between ridges to the north and south. The district holds 44 buildings, of which 33 contribute to its character. Dwellings range from the early nineteenth century, including the Federal-style Walters-Page House of about 1800 and a log house, to simple Folk National and Folk Victorian frame houses. Two brick Greek Revival churches, Mount Ed Baptist and Batesville Methodist, date to the mid-nineteenth century. Commercial buildings such as Page's Store, the Colonial Revival house Castlebrook and the Classical Revival Batesville Elementary School of 1922 represent later growth. Most buildings remain in good condition with few alterations, and few intrusions have occurred. The district was listed because it is one of the earliest surviving crossroads communities in the county and shows development from the early 1800s through the 1920s and 1930s.