Comyn Hall

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Comyn Hall

601 Park Street
Use Type Apartments
Lot Size 0.8 acres / 18,000 square feet
Gross Floor Area 11,000sf
Stories 2.5 stories
Residential units 12 units
Development Firm CMB Development
Developer Contact Guy Blundon
Architect SRC Inc.
Construction Completed April 2012

Comyn Hall is a 12-unit apartment building at 601 Park Street in North Downtown. Built in 1891,[1] the structure was once home to former Charlottesville mayor J. Samuel McCue — and the site of his wife's death in 1904 for which McCue was hanged.

McCue purchased the property from the estate of John Cochran in 1890 and constructed the large brick Queen Anne house the following year.[1] In 1907, three years after McCue's death, his family sold the home to Emily and Thomas Michie. The Michies in turn sold it to B.F. Dickerson in 1928, who donated it to the Home for the Aged, previously located at 201 N. First Street. The Dickersons remained involved in the home, with Mrs. Dickerson serving as the matron of the house and contributing to its historic landmark survey.[1]

The building served as a 21-room home for the elderly from 1929 until the late 2000s.[2] It was known as the Walker-Dickenson Home from 1929 until 1967, when it was renamed Comyn Hall — a name taken from a colonial mansion built by Cochran in 1846.[2] An addition was built in 1970.[2] Following financial difficulties, the property was transferred to the Jefferson Area Board for Aging and listed for sale in 2004[3] — it sold for $1.248 million in November 2005. In May 2009 an estate sale was held for the remaining contents of the home, including the bathtub in which Fannie McCue's body was found.[2] Following the closure as a home for the elderly, it was renovated with federal and state tax credits[4] and reopened as 12 'luxury apartments' in April 2012.[5] The apartments are managed by Woodard Properties.

As of March 2021, a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment was listed at $1,099 per month.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Web. 601 Park Street Landmark Survey, City of Charlottesville, retrieved 2021-03-29.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Web. The Case of the “Not-So-Common” Comyn Hall, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, March 16, 2012, retrieved 2021-03-29.
  3. Web. Murder house: Notoriously expensive real estate, Lisa Provence, The Hook, Better Publications LLC, June 3, 2004, retrieved 2021-03-29.
  4. Web. Comyn Hall, CMB Development, retrieved 2021-03-29.
  5. Web. Comyn Hall converted to apartments, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, April 9, 2012, retrieved 2021-03-29.
  6. Web. Historic Comyn Hall, Blue Ridge Apartment Council, March 29, 2021, retrieved 2021-03-29.