North Downtown in Charlottesville, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Early Hotels
Dining, Dancing, and the Mail
— Charlottesville, Virginia - 1762 —
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 3, 2021
1. Early Hotels Marker
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Early Hotels. Dining, Dancing, and the Mail. The Eagle Tavern opened here sometime prior to 1791. With its large public room that could feed 200 people, the hotel was primary place for public dances and political celebrations. Traveling peddlers sold products on its long porch during monthly court days. Baptist minister William P. Farish had already developed a stagecoach line in 1845 when he purchased the property and erected this building in 1854. The Farish House hotel soon thereafter became a major stagecoach stop. After the Civil War, Federal occupying forces used it as a headquarters for two years. Just to the west of this property is a building erected in 1926 as the Monticello Hotel where once stood the Jefferson Hotel, a post office, a shoe and book shop, and a drugstore owned by James Barclay (who owned Monticello from 1831 to 1836). One room had been used by the Widow's Son Lodge of Freemasons, and another contained a grocery run by an African American named Edmunds.
The Eagle Tavern opened here sometime prior to 1791. With its large public room that could feed 200 people, the hotel was primary place for public dances and political celebrations. Traveling peddlers sold products on its long porch during monthly court days. Baptist minister William P. Farish had already developed a stagecoach line in 1845 when he purchased the property and erected this building in 1854. The Farish House hotel soon thereafter became a major stagecoach stop. After the Civil War, Federal occupying forces used it as a headquarters for two years. Just to the west of this property is a building erected in 1926 as the Monticello Hotel where once stood the Jefferson Hotel, a post office, a shoe and book shop, and a drugstore owned by James Barclay (who owned Monticello from 1831 to 1836). One room had been used by the Widow's Son Lodge of Freemasons, and another contained a grocery run by an African American named Edmunds.
Location. 38° 1.868′ N, 78° 28.64′ W. Marker is in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is in North
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Downtown. Marker is at the intersection of Court Square and Park Street, on the right when traveling east on Court Square. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 Court Square, Charlottesville VA 22902, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 3, 2021
2. 300 Court Square
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 4, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
