Hotel Gleason/Albemarle Hotel, Imperial Cafe

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Hotel Gleason / Albemarle Hotel / Imperial Cafe
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Location617-619 W. Main St., Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°1′52″N78°29′21″W / 38.03111°N 78.48917°W / 38.03111; -78.48917 Coordinates: 38°1′52″N78°29′21″W / 38.03111°N 78.48917°W / 38.03111; -78.48917
Arealess than one acre
Built1896 (1896)
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Victorian
MPS Charlottesville MRA
NRHP reference No. 83003267 [1]
VLR No.104-0374
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1983
Designated VLROctober 20, 1981 [2]

Hotel Gleason/Albemarle Hotel, Imperial Cafe is a historic hotel and commercial building located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1896, and has a three-bay, three-story pressed-brick facade raised above the ground-floor recessed loggia in the Late Victorian style. The loggia is supported on four Corinthian order columns. The hotel closed in 1976. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Gleason/Albemarle Hotel, Imperial Cafe" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo