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[[File:Holsinger-ACC-1912.jpeg|thumb|McKee Row (1912) can be seen on the left through the trees. Photograph courtesy of the Holsinger Studio Collection and UVA Special Collections]]
[[File:Holsinger-ACC-1912.jpeg|thumb|McKee Row (1912) can be seen on the left through the trees. Photograph courtesy of the Holsinger Studio Collection and UVA Special Collections]]


McKee Row was a majority Black section of businesses and residences<ref>{{cite web|title=Marked By These Monuments|url=https://www.thesemonuments.org/|author= Drs. Andrea Douglas and Jalane Schmidt|work=Website|publisher=WTJU 91.1 FM|location=Charlottesville|publishdate=2019|accessdate=May 28, 2021}}</ref> directly west of the [[Albemarle County Courthouse]] in downtown Charlottesville. In [[1914]], the [[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]] confiscated the land from its residents and granted it to the city, citing “rowdiness” that they believed could potentially impact white businesses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marked By These Monuments|url=https://www.thesemonuments.org/|author= Drs. Andrea Douglas and Jalane Schmidt|work=Website|publisher=WTJU 91.1 FM|location=Charlottesville|publishdate=2019|accessdate=May 28, 2021}}</ref> A school for white children was planned for the space, and the buildings were torn down in [[1918]].<ref>Rourke. Kristen. "Marking History in Charlottesville." np. City Council Chambers, Charlottesville, VA. 30 May 2012. presentation.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Marked By These Monuments|url=https://www.thesemonuments.org/|author= Drs. Andrea Douglas and Jalane Schmidt|work=Website|publisher=WTJU 91.1 FM|location=Charlottesville|publishdate=2019|accessdate=May 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tools of Displacement|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/06/how-charlottesvilles-confederate-statues-helped-decimate-the-citys-historically-successful-black-communities.html|author=Abramowitz, Latterner, and Rosenblith|work=News Article|publisher=Slate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_(magazine)]|location=|publishdate=23 June, 2017|accessdate=May 28, 2021}}</ref> Instead, [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]] bought "all the property between Jefferson St., High Street, 4th St., N.E. and the County Court Building, assembled from 4 owners, and known as KeKee's [sic] Row. This park also includes a narrow lane, called McKee's Lane, lying between the Row and the County Court." <ref>Marshall, James Collier. "Gifts to the City of Charlottesville." ''The Gifts of Paul Goodloe McIntire.'' Presented to the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. April 30, 1958.</ref> He deeded the land back to the city on January 29, [[1919]], on the condition that it would be used as a public park ([[Court Square Park]]) to house a south-facing statue of Confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and "no other building or monument."<ref>{{cite web|title=A Guide to the History and Gardens of Jackson Park|url=http://stowekeller.com/Portfolio/CityParks/JacksonPark/JacksonPark_History&Gardens.html|author=Stowe Keller|work=Website|publisher=Charlottesville Parks and Grounds|location=|publishdate=May 9, 2001|accessdate=May 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>Marshall, James Collier. "Gifts to the City of Charlottesville." ''The Gifts of Paul Goodloe McIntire.'' Presented to the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. April 30, 1958.</ref><ref>Mrs. Paul G. McIntire, "Letter to J. C. Marshall," October 31, 1957. Held at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.</ref>
McKee Row was a majority Black section of businesses and residences<ref name="Marked">{{cite web|title=Marked By These Monuments|url=https://www.thesemonuments.org/|author= Drs. Andrea Douglas and Jalane Schmidt|work=Website|publisher=WTJU 91.1 FM|location=Charlottesville|publishdate=2019|accessdate=May 28, 2021}}</ref> directly west of the [[Albemarle County Courthouse]] in downtown Charlottesville. In [[1914]], the [[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]] confiscated the land from its residents and granted it to the city, citing “rowdiness” that they believed could potentially impact white businesses.<ref name="Marked"/> A school for white children was planned for the space, and the buildings were torn down in [[1918]].<ref>Rourke. Kristen. "Marking History in Charlottesville." np. City Council Chambers, Charlottesville, VA. 30 May 2012. presentation.</ref><ref name="Marked"><ref>{{cite web|title=Tools of Displacement|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/06/how-charlottesvilles-confederate-statues-helped-decimate-the-citys-historically-successful-black-communities.html|author=Abramowitz, Latterner, and Rosenblith|work=News Article|publisher=Slate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_(magazine)]|location=|publishdate=23 June, 2017|accessdate=May 28, 2021}}</ref> Instead, [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]] bought "all the property between Jefferson St., High Street, 4th St., N.E. and the County Court Building, assembled from 4 owners, and known as KeKee's [sic] Row. This park also includes a narrow lane, called McKee's Lane, lying between the Row and the County Court." <ref>Marshall, James Collier. "Gifts to the City of Charlottesville." ''The Gifts of Paul Goodloe McIntire.'' Presented to the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. April 30, 1958.</ref> He deeded the land back to the city on January 29, [[1919]], on the condition that it would be used as a public park ([[Court Square Park]]) to house a south-facing statue of Confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and "no other building or monument."<ref>{{cite web|title=A Guide to the History and Gardens of Jackson Park|url=http://stowekeller.com/Portfolio/CityParks/JacksonPark/JacksonPark_History&Gardens.html|author=Stowe Keller|work=Website|publisher=Charlottesville Parks and Grounds|location=|publishdate=May 9, 2001|accessdate=May 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>Marshall, James Collier. "Gifts to the City of Charlottesville." ''The Gifts of Paul Goodloe McIntire.'' Presented to the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. April 30, 1958.</ref><ref>Mrs. Paul G. McIntire, "Letter to J. C. Marshall," October 31, 1957. Held at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.</ref>


This site had historically been a mixed-use space. In [[1828]], there was a printing shop, a dry goods and grocery store, a hatter’s shop, and a merchant’s shop, each with private residences above.<ref>{{cite web|title=Early Charlottesville: Recollections of James Alexander 1828-1874|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027788648&view=1up&seq=36&q1=Mckee%20Row|author=James Alexander, ed. Mary Rawlings|work=Print|publisher=Jeffersonian Republican|location=|publishdate=1874|accessdate=}}</ref>
This site had historically been a mixed-use space. In [[1828]], there was a printing shop, a dry goods and grocery store, a hatter’s shop, and a merchant’s shop, each with private residences above.<ref>{{cite web|title=Early Charlottesville: Recollections of James Alexander 1828-1874|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027788648&view=1up&seq=36&q1=Mckee%20Row|author=James Alexander, ed. Mary Rawlings|work=Print|publisher=Jeffersonian Republican|location=|publishdate=1874|accessdate=}}</ref>

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McKee Row on October 7, 1918, photograph courtesy of the Holsinger Studio Collection
McKee Row (1912) can be seen on the left through the trees. Photograph courtesy of the Holsinger Studio Collection and UVA Special Collections

McKee Row was a majority Black section of businesses and residences[1] directly west of the Albemarle County Courthouse in downtown Charlottesville. In 1914, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors confiscated the land from its residents and granted it to the city, citing “rowdiness” that they believed could potentially impact white businesses.[1] A school for white children was planned for the space, and the buildings were torn down in 1918.[2]Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Instead, Paul Goodloe McIntire bought "all the property between Jefferson St., High Street, 4th St., N.E. and the County Court Building, assembled from 4 owners, and known as KeKee's [sic] Row. This park also includes a narrow lane, called McKee's Lane, lying between the Row and the County Court." [3] He deeded the land back to the city on January 29, 1919, on the condition that it would be used as a public park (Court Square Park) to house a south-facing statue of Confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and "no other building or monument."[4][5][6]

This site had historically been a mixed-use space. In 1828, there was a printing shop, a dry goods and grocery store, a hatter’s shop, and a merchant’s shop, each with private residences above.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web. Marked By These Monuments, Drs. Andrea Douglas and Jalane Schmidt, Website, WTJU 91.1 FM, Charlottesville, 2019, retrieved May 28, 2021.
  2. ↑ Rourke. Kristen. "Marking History in Charlottesville." np. City Council Chambers, Charlottesville, VA. 30 May 2012. presentation.
  3. ↑ Marshall, James Collier. "Gifts to the City of Charlottesville." The Gifts of Paul Goodloe McIntire. Presented to the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. April 30, 1958.
  4. ↑ Web. A Guide to the History and Gardens of Jackson Park, Stowe Keller, Website, Charlottesville Parks and Grounds, May 9, 2001, retrieved May 31, 2021.
  5. ↑ Marshall, James Collier. "Gifts to the City of Charlottesville." The Gifts of Paul Goodloe McIntire. Presented to the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. April 30, 1958.
  6. ↑ Mrs. Paul G. McIntire, "Letter to J. C. Marshall," October 31, 1957. Held at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.
  7. ↑ Web. Early Charlottesville: Recollections of James Alexander 1828-1874, James Alexander, ed. Mary Rawlings, Print, Jeffersonian Republican, 1874
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