Ficklin-Crawford Cottage
Why it's listed
This small Gothic Revival cottage at 1200 Carlton Avenue in Charlottesville is a three-bay, single-pile frame house of 1½ stories above a brick English basement. It has a steep bellcast gable roof with deeply projecting eaves, paired brackets at the corners, a high central front gable, and a bay window and entrance porch with bracketed cornices. It was built before 1886, probably between 1865 and 1885, on the Belmont farm of Slaughter W. Ficklin, who bought the farm in 1847 and lived there until his death. The cottage originally stood about two and a half blocks from the Ficklin mansion. After the farm was subdivided, the cottage passed to D.C. Carver and then to the Crawford family, who sold the land to the school board in 1929 and rolled the house two blocks downhill to its present site. It was modernized in 1969 and has been a rental home since. It is valued as a fine, distinctive example of a small Victorian-era Gothic cottage.
Significance in brief: The cottage was part of the Belmont estate of Slaughter W. Ficklin. It is presented as a fine example of a small Gothic cottage in the Victorian style. The reviewer noted that the significance was briefly stated but supported by a good description of the style's importance.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 82001804, listed October 21, 1982. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 1200 Carlton Ave., Charlottesville (Independent City) |
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| County | Charlottesville |
| Listed | October 21, 1982 |
| Reference number | 82001804 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition is listed as fair; in use as a residential rental property. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 38.02334, -78.47179 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 82001804.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q15217646
- This listing as JSON
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