1201 Jefferson St., Charlottesville (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Charlottesville.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 21, 1982. NRIS 82001807.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The historic home listed as Lewis Farm, also known as The Farm and John A. G. Davis Farm, is located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1826, and is a two-story brick dwelling with a low hipped roof and two large chimneys. On the front facade is a Tuscan order portico with a terrace above. The house was built by individuals who worked with Thomas Jefferson on building the University of Virginia. Its builder, John A. G. Davis, was law professor at the University of Virginia and was shot and killed outside Pavilion X by a student in 1840. During the American Civil War, Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer set up temporary headquarters at the house where he remained for three days.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678639