You are here

Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont » Charlottesville Metropolitan Area » University of Virginia Campus » University Area » Nannie M. Cole Residence

Nannie M. Cole Residence

-A A +A
1933–1935, Kenneth Day. 135 Bollingwood Rd.
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)

Designed by a Philadelphia architect, this house is a strange intruder into the genteel Colonial Revival atmosphere of Charlottesville. The earliest example of the International Style in the city, the asymmetrically balanced composition of simple volumes, flat roof, bands of ribbon windows, and lack of historical ornament embody the principles set forth by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in their 1932 manifesto. At the same time, the rounded corners nod to American streamlining of the 1930s.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
×

Data

What's Nearby

University of Virginia: North of University Avenue and along Rugby Road
University of Virginia: Emmett Street, McCormick Road, Alderman Road, and Western Expansion
University of Virginia: Academical Village and Central Grounds
Rotunda
University of Virginia: North Grounds

Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Nannie M. Cole Residence", [Charlottesville, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-CH33.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 162-162.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,