Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Vinegar Hill Flash Sideshow: Images from the Historical Society

Just some of the thousands of historic photographs at the Society.

See aerial photos from just before, and just after "the renewal ," below.

Click on images to see zoomable close-ups.

Looking west, downtown in foreground; Vinegar Hill outlined. Click on image for a zoomable photo.

Vinegar Hill after "renewal," looking west, Jefferson School (black) in background, McGuffey School (white) in foreground. Vinegar Hill is in this photo a vacant expanse, a field of grass. It remained largely vacant for almost 20 years. Click the photo to see a zoomable image.

Jefferson School, before "renewal." Note Jefferson Elementary School, in the courtyard of Jefferson High School. The footings of Jefferson Elementary, the older building,were recently documented by urban archeologists, allowing the whole site to apply for Historic landmark designation . (Click on photo to see zoomable version.)