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Levy Opera House

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1851, 1857, 1888, 1980. 350 Park St. (corner of E. High St.)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • Levy Opera House (Virginia Division of Historic Resources)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)

A bold Greek Revival structure with four massive pilasters supporting the entablature of the facade, the Levy Opera House was built as the town hall, then converted into a theater in the 1880s by Jefferson Monroe Levy, who owned Monticello at the time. It is now an apartment building.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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What's Nearby

Suntrust Bank
Number 00 Court Square
Albemarle County Courthouse
500 Court Square (Hotel Monticello)
City Courthouse

Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Levy Opera House", [Charlottesville, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-CH4.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 145-145.

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