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Gallison Hall

Coordinates: 38°4′10″N 78°32′09″W / 38.06944°N 78.53583°W / 38.06944; -78.53583
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Gallison Hall
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Gallison Hall is located in Virginia
Gallison Hall
Gallison Hall is located in the United States
Gallison Hall
Location150 Finders Way, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
Coordinates38°4′10″N 78°32′09″W / 38.06944°N 78.53583°W / 38.06944; -78.53583
Area44 acres (18 ha)
Built1930 (1930)-1933
ArchitectStanhope Johnson, Charles F. Gillette
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.90002013[1]
VLR No.002-0808
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 1990
Designated VLRFebruary 20, 1990[2]

Gallison Hall is a historic home located near Charlottesville in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. It was designed by the architect Stanhope Johnson in the Georgian Revival style, and built between 1931 and 1933. It consists of a 2½-story, five-bay, brick center section with a steeply pitched hipped roof, flanked by 1+12-story, three-bay, gable-roofed wings connected by hyphens. At each end are a seven-bay brick arcades connected to a 1+12-story two-bay gable-roofed garage on the east and an identical arcade connected to an octagonal gazebo brick on the west. The house is set among English gardens designed by Charles F. Gillette.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Geoffrey Henry (January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gallison Hall" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos