Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhood Historic District is a national

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located at

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. The district encompasses 264 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in a predominantly African-American residential section of the city of Charlottesville. It was developed between 1890 and the 1930s and includes examples of the

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and

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styles. The oldest is dated to 1822. Located in the district are the separately listed Oak Lawn, Benjamin Tonsler House, Delevan Baptist Church, and Gardner-Mays Cottage. an
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in 2009.

Events

A cross was burned in this neighborhood, at Cherry Avenue and Apple Street, near Ridge Street, on 15 August 1950. Three white men left the scene before they could be identified. The cross was made of burlap bags and boards. It was small at only 2 and a half feet high. Police made a routine investigation, but assistant Police Chief James E. Adams claimed that they could not determine the identity of the men or the reason for the

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References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Gothic Revival architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Charlottesville, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Charlottesville, Virginia African-American history of Virginia {{CharlottesvilleVA-NRHP-stub