414 East Market Street

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414 East Market Street is a Downtown commercial property. The existing two story Office Building was built in 1920. While serving as a hospital during the Civil War, the original 1784 building burned in 1862.

History

Stone Tavern and Central Hotel

George Nicholas, Albemarle County’s Virginia General Assembly delegate in 1783, built a stone house here in 1784. James Monroe occupied it 1789-1790, while improving the dwelling at his nearby farm, later the site of the University of Virginia. Here on December 15, 1806, while the house was being operated as the Stone Tavern, the return of Meriwether Lewis from his expedition to the Pacific with William Clark was celebrated with a dinner. Thomas Jefferson hosted a reception in the tavern (later renamed the Central Hotel), on November 12, 1824,for the Marquis de Lafayette during Lafayette’s Farewell Tour. While serving as a hospital during the Civil War, the building burned with no fatalities in 1862. [1]

Marker

Erected 1999 by Department of Historic Resources (Marker Number Q-20). The Historic marker is on East Market Street west of 5th Street NE, on the right when traveling east. A significant historical date for this entry is October 12, 1824. Marker is at 414 E Market St, Charlottesville VA 22902. [2]

Other nearby markers

At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. President Monroe’s Local Homes (a few steps from this marker); First Post Office (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Early Hotels (about 400 feet away); Monticello (about 400 feet away); First Baptist Church (about 400 feet away); The Three Notch’d Road (about 400 feet away); Paul Goodloe McIntire (about 400 feet away); Watering Fountains (about 400 feet away).[3]

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Map

Location: 38° 1.834′ N, 78° 28.699′

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