Historic Guide to Old Charlottesville With Mention of Its Statues and of Albemarle's Shrines
Compiled by Mary Rawlings (1873-1960), Honorary President of the Albemarle County Historical Society. Downloadable as a 16-page .pdf with photos, along with the Floyd Johnson map of Court Square, ca. 1828. Click here.
On-line Historic Maps
The Bulletin
The Society's free quarterly newsletter is now downloadable as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file.
Click here to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Hard copies are available at the Society's McIntire Building, and mailed to members.
The Magazine of Albemarle County History
(an annual journal of local history published since 1940)
If you are an ACHS member you will receive your copy in the mail shortly.
Local author Jean Cooper---who is also a librarian at U. Va.'s Alderman Library---has produced a compact , concise volume containing 144 info-packed pages , over 40 black-and-white photos, driving tours, suggested reading lists, notes. Great for the bedside table in your guest room. $19.99 plus shipping, on sale now at the Historical Society.
CD-ROM edition of K. Edward Lay's magisterial The Architecture of Jefferson Country: Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, published by the University Press of Virginia. Available for purchase at the Historical Society.
Albemarle: Jefferson’s County, 1727-1976, John Hammond Moore (1976). The essential history, published by the Society for the Bicentennial. Moore's book remains the definitive survey. Now in paperback. Available for purchase at the Historical Society.
