Comments on: Charlottesville Neighborhood – Belmont http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:02:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Photographs of Belmont in Charlottesville | Real Central VA http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/comment-page-1/#comment-26754 Photographs of Belmont in Charlottesville | Real Central VA Wed, 27 May 2009 17:31:30 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/#comment-26754 [...] This is a story I wrote in 2007 about Belmont. [...] [...] This is a story I wrote in 2007 about Belmont. [...]

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/comment-page-1/#comment-1761 Jim Duncan Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:19:48 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/#comment-1761 Blair - thanks for the comment - it is exactly what I was intending when I started this series. I have never lived in any of the neighborhoods about which I am writing, despite having lived here for 20 years and working in real estate for 6. Those who live in the neighborhoods are far more attuned to their respective histories. I look forward to their comments. Blair –

thanks for the comment – it is exactly what I was intending when I started this series. I have never lived in any of the neighborhoods about which I am writing, despite having lived here for 20 years and working in real estate for 6. Those who live in the neighborhoods are far more attuned to their respective histories.

I look forward to their comments.

]]> By: Blair http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Blair Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:16:30 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/#comment-1757 Thanks for the history. Mr. Buck acknowledges there may be inaccuracies in his report. I found a couple candidates just scanning the article. It's hard to know what motivated Mr. Buck to write his hitory. Probably the same as has motivated me to write on local history: so it doesn't become a secret to future generations. Belmont annexed in 1916. <i>Albemarle: Jefferson's County, 1727-1976</i> by John Hammond Moore and the Albemarle County Historical Society says Belmont was annexed in 1938 (page 389) and that the annexation was a dress rehearsal for the more controversial annexation of 1963 (Barracks Road Shopping Center.) [I paid $25 for this book and it was worth every penny.] The Magazine of Albemarle County History (1998) has info on Belmont Park. Paul Goodloe McInitre acquired Belmont Park in 1921 and donated the park to the city with the stipulation that "said property shall be forever maintained as a park and playground for white people." (page 86, "From Private Privilege to Public Place: A Brief History of Parks and Park Planning in Charlottesville" by Aaron V. Wunsch.) Thanks for the history. Mr. Buck acknowledges there may be inaccuracies in his report. I found a couple candidates just scanning the article. It’s hard to know what motivated Mr. Buck to write his hitory. Probably the same as has motivated me to write on local history: so it doesn’t become a secret to future generations.

Belmont annexed in 1916. Albemarle: Jefferson’s County, 1727-1976 by John Hammond Moore and the Albemarle County Historical Society says Belmont was annexed in 1938 (page 389) and that the annexation was a dress rehearsal for the more controversial annexation of 1963 (Barracks Road Shopping Center.) [I paid $25 for this book and it was worth every penny.]

The Magazine of Albemarle County History (1998) has info on Belmont Park. Paul Goodloe McInitre acquired Belmont Park in 1921 and donated the park to the city with the stipulation that “said property shall be forever maintained as a park and playground for white people.” (page 86, “From Private Privilege to Public Place: A Brief History of Parks and Park Planning in Charlottesville” by Aaron V. Wunsch.)

]]> By: Jim Duncan » Blog Archive » Charlottesville Neighborhood - Belmont http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Jim Duncan » Blog Archive » Charlottesville Neighborhood - Belmont Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:00:23 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/01/15/charlottesville-neighborhood-belmont/#comment-1750 [...] Read more at Real Central VA. [...] [...] Read more at Real Central VA. [...]

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