RUGBY ROAD Beta Bridge STREET MAP & PARCEL: PRESENT ZONING: PRESENT OWNER: Rugby Road over C&O Railroad Tracks Bridge Bridge Buckingham Branch Railroad Company ATTN: Robert E. Bryant PO Box 336 Dillwyn, Va. 23936 DATE/ PERIOD: Ca. 1925-1935 Vernacular HEIGHT IN STORIES: CONTRIBUTING: This railroad overpass was constructed ca. 1925-1935. It is cast concrete with an arched opening below, and a solid parapet railing with 5-foot high obelisks (topped with metal urns) at each end. Named after the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house, located just southeast, this Chesapeake & Ohio railroad overpass has been famous since the early 1960s as a student graffiti board, being repainted several times a month. It is a contributing resource in the District. Yes 161
190-210 Rugby Road (Westminster Presbyterian Church) STREET 190-210 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 9-5, 9-4 Westminster Presbyterian Church Church Church PRESENT OWNER: Westminster Presbyterian Church 190 Rugby Road 22903 DATE/ PERIOD: 1939, later additions Neo-Colonial HEIGHT IN STORIES: 1.0 stories 52,984 sq ft/1.377 acres 162
This 1-story, brick (Flemish bond) church was designed by Marshall Wells, architect, and based on the Abingdon Anglican Church (1755) in Gloucester County, Virginia. Details include: pediment cross-gable roofs; 1-bay front; cruciform plan; wooden modillion cornice; pediments, rubbed-brick frontispiece; round arched window heads, and multilight windows. A 3-story brick Colonial-style classroom wing was added to the rear of the church ca. 1950-51 and is connected to it by a brick arcade. The Westminster Church Social Hall was added in 1958 after a design by Johnson, Craven, and Gibson architects of Charlottesville. It is connected to Westminster Church by a covered walkway and generally harmonizes with the architecture of the church without calling attention to itself. This handsomely proportioned and detailed church is an important Rugby Road landmark and a contributing resource in the District. 163
214 Rugby Road STREET 214 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 9-3 Residential Single Family Office PRESENT OWNER: Westminster Presbyterian Church 190 Rugby Road 22903 DATE/ PERIOD: Ca. 1910 Vernacular HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.5 stories 4,486 sq ft/0.483 acres Built as a detached dwelling in the early 1900s, this 2 ½-story, vernacular brick (6-course American bond) building has the following details: hipped roof; 1 front oversized hipped dormer; asymmetrical 3-bay front; 3-sided, 2-story projecting front bay; 1-story side porch, now screened; 2/2-sash windows; several large brick chimneys; segmental arches over openings; and rounded hood over front door. Characterized by its highly articulated facades, this early brick house has served as a nonprofit community coffeehouse since the 1960s. It is a contributing resource in the District. 164
502 Rugby Road STREET 502 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-54 PRESENT OWNER: Zeta Xi Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi House c/o Jeanne Loveland 11588 Greenwich Point Reston, Va. 20194 DATE/ PERIOD: 1915 Colonial Revival HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.5 stories 4,250 sq ft/0.332 acres This 2 ½-story, Colonial Revival-style-style brick building was constructed ca. 1915 and designed by local architect Eugene Bradbury. The Delta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega 165
purchased this lot in 1902 and built the fraternity house in 1915. Unlike most early Colonial Revival-style houses in the area, which followed Virginia precedents, this house is closer to Maryland and Delaware prototypes. It has fine detailing including: Englishbond brickwork; a steeply pitched truncated gable with a simple balustrade; a modillion and dentil cornice; floor length windows; elaborate dormers on the front with roundheaded arches; interior-end chimney stacks joined by a parapet; and an entrance flanked by a pair of Tuscan columns supporting a pediment. A rear addition was added between 1957 and 1969. This handsome and finely detailed building is a contributing resource in the District. 166
503 Rugby Road STREET 503 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-52 PRESENT OWNER: Epsilon Sigma House Co- Kappa Kappa Gamma 876 Broomley Road 22901 DATE/ PERIOD: 1980 Modern HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.0 stories 5,413 sq ft/0.344 acres CONTRIBUTING: No Designed by Johnson, Craven, and Gibson architects of Charlottesville, this 2-story, gable-roofed Modern sorority house was constructed in 1980. It is of concrete block with a brick veneer and features a central brick chimney, asymmetrical 5-bay front, recessed front and south side porches and south side balconies. Although designed in a thoroughly modern idiom, this split-level building maintains the scale, texture and color of the older buildings in the neighborhood, allowing it to blend into the streetscape. Because of its age, it is a non-contributing resource in the District. 167
504 Rugby Road STREET 504 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-55 PRESENT OWNER: Omega Alpha Chapter Phi Lambda Phi Inc. 420 Park Street 22902 DATE/ PERIOD: Ca. 1915 American Foursquare HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.5 stories 6,412 sq ft/0.275 acres This brick, 2 ½-story, 3-bay, modified American Foursquare was constructed ca. 1915 and is used as a fraternity house (Phi Lambda Phi House). Details include a hipped roof with an oversized gable dormer on each roof plane; symmetrical 3-bay front; full-length, 3-bay front porch with Tuscan columns; segmental arches over openings; paired 6/6 sash; exterior-end brick chimney; French doors; and overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends. This large and rather plain Colonial Revival brick house served as student apartments before being purchased by Phi Lambda Phi fraternity in 1969. It is a contributing resource in the District. 168
506 Rugby Road STREET 506 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-56 Residential- multi-family Residential apartment PRESENT OWNER: Veliky LC 3125 Dundee Road Earlysville, Va. 22936 DATE/ PERIOD: Ca. 1925 Mediterranean/Spanish Colonial Revival HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.0 stories 5,088 sq ft/0.206 acres Built ca. 1925, the Garden Court Apartments are of masonry construction clad in textured stucco. The Mediterranean/Spanish Colonial Revival-style apartment complex is U- shaped with a front courtyard and includes the following details: 2-story; parapet roof; shed-roofed porches covered in red pantiles; 4-bay east unit; mock arched porches; ramped-lintel parapets; windows with geometric sash; modern exterior fire stairs have been added. Unique in Charlottesville, this unaltered Mediterranean-style apartment complex (4, 4-bedroom units) features pink-stuccoed walls and a grassy courtyard and is a contributing resource in the District. 169
510 Rugby Road STREET 510 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-57 Residential- single family Fraternity PRESENT OWNER: Beta Upsilon Chapter Kappa Phi Fraternity P.O. Box 400218 22904 DATE/ PERIOD: Ca. 1920 Vernacular Colonial Revival HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.5 stories 6,030 sq ft/0.200 acres This 2 ½-story, 3-bay, vernacular Colonial Revival-style brick dwelling is now a fraternity house (Pi Kappa Phi House). Details include: hipped roof with 1 oversized hipped dormer per slope; 3-bay asymmetrical front; 6/1 windows; segmentally-arched opening; fanlight and sidelights around front door; 1-story, 4-bay front porch with low hipped roof and brick supports on brick piers. Occupying the corner of Rugby Road and Grady Avenue, this large Colonial Revival structure has housed the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity since 1961. It is a contributing resource in the District. 170
513 Rugby Road STREET 513 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-53 PRESENT OWNER: White Horse Holding Co. Downer Realty P.O. 17 22902 DATE/ PERIOD: Ca. 1913 Georgian Revival HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.5 stories 6,062 sq ft/0.228 acres This large, 2 ½-story, Georgian Revival-style, brick dwelling was constructed ca. 1913 for the local chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha national fraternity, which was founded at UVA in 1868. Details include: a gable roof with 3 pediment front dormers; 2 large interior-end brick chimneys; a symmetrical 5-bay front; 1-story, 2-bay porches at each end; brick belt course; bold wooden modillion cornice; front entry shelter with Tuscan columns and pilasters. This handsome Neo-Georgian dwelling was built around 1913 and is a contributing resource in the District. 171
515 Rugby Road STREET 515 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-47 Fraternity Fraternity PRESENT OWNER: Chi Building Assoc. Zeat Beta Tau Fraternity 515 Rugby Road 22903 DATE/ PERIOD: 1958 Modern HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.0 stories 3,832 sq ft/0.345 acres CONTRIBUTING: No This 2-story, 3-bay, concrete block building sheathed with plaster and brick was constructed in 1958. Details include a low-pitched gable roof, a 2-story full-length porch recessed beneath the main roof, interior-end brick chimney, and sliding glass doors. Used as the Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity house, the stark lines and color of this modern building do not conform to the surrounding older buildings in the District. It is considered a noncontributing resource because of its age. 172
517 Rugby Road STREET 517 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-46 Residential single family Fraternity PRESENT OWNER: Alumni of Alpha Mu Inc. c/o Eric Edwardson 138 S. Pershing Drive Arlington, Va. 22204 DATE/ PERIOD: Ca. 1910 Colonial Revival HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.5 stories 2,540 sq ft/0.225 acres This 2 ½-story, 3-bay, frame Colonial Revival-style dwelling was constructed ca. 1910. Used as a fraternity house for Delta Sigma Phi since 1964, the house features: weatherboard siding; a hipped roof with 1 front hipped dormer; symmetrical 3-bay front; 2-story, 3-sided bay on south end; 1-bay front porch with Tuscan posts; latticed casement windows in dormer; entry with traceried sidelights and elliptical fanlight; 2/2-sash windows; and interior brick chimney. This well-preserved dwelling is a contributing resource in the District. 173
600 Rugby Road STREET 600 Rugby Road MAP & PARCEL: 5-126 Residential single family Fraternity PRESENT OWNER: 600 Rugby Road Housing Corp. Hasbrouck Real Estate P.O. 5384 22905 DATE/ PERIOD: Ca. 1925 Georgian Revival HEIGHT IN STORIES: 2.5 stories 6,474 sq ft/0.662 acres Built as a detached dwelling and used as a fraternity house, this 2 ½-story, 3-bay, Georgian Revival-style brick building was constructed ca. 1925. Details include: a gable roof with 3 pediment front dormers; symmetrical 3-bay front; 6/6 windows; 1-bay entry porch with pediment pierced by arch; side porch; interior-end brick chimney; and well designed, modern, 1 ½-story wing to the north. The home of Charlottesville merchant J. D. Tilman for over thirty years, this standard Georgian Revival-style dwelling has housed the Lambda chapter of Kappa Alpha fraternity since ca. 1961. It is a contributing resource in the District. 174