Young Building

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Young Building
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Location1102 Carlton Ave., Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°1′15″N78°28′3″W / 38.02083°N 78.46750°W / 38.02083; -78.46750
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1916 (1916)
Architectural styleJacobean Revival
MPS Charlottesville MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001817 [1]
VLR No.104-0241
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1982
Designated VLROctober 20, 1981 [2]

Young Building is a historic office building located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1916, and is a two-story, five-bay, single pile brick building in the Jacobean Revival style. It has a large rear wing. The main block has a medium-pitched gabled roof with deeply projecting eaves and decoratively shaped rafter ends. It was built to house the offices for the J. S. Young and Company sumac mill across the street. The building was adapted for residential use after 1939. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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: Young Building" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo