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April 24:
- 1791 – The first meeting of the first Masonic Lodge ever organized in Charlottesville was held. Door to Virtue Lodge, No. 44, Albemarle County, Virginia was in active operation until June 2, 1801. While Thomas Jefferson's son-in-law Governor of Virginia Thomas M. Randolph, his favorite grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and nephews Peter and Samuel Carr were all members of Door to Virtue Lodge No. 44, there is no record of him being initiated into any lodge, nor are there any references to Masonic membership in his personal papers.
- 1867 – A meeting was called at the Delevan Hotel by a "large number of colored men, who invited speakers of both races to interchange political opinions." Speeches were made by William F. Gordon and Col. T. J. Randolph, who represented the whites, and by Fairfax Taylor and Rev. Nicholas Richmond, who represented the blacks.
- 1901 – Hon. John E. Massey passed away at his winter residence on Park Street. For a quarter of a century he had been a notable figure in Virginia politics, having served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia (1886–1890) and a member of the General Assembly (1873–1879).
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The List of Charlottesville neighborhoods and List of Albemarle communities. For planning purposes, the Charlottesville is divided into 18 neighborhoods by the Department of Neighborhood Development Services.
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The COVID-19 Emergency is an ongoing crisis affecting the Charlottesville area, the nation, and the world. Information is changing rapidly — sign up and click "Edit" to add the latest updates.
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The Revenue Sharing Agreement refers to a 1982 legal agreement between the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County that prohibits annexation efforts by the city in exchange for a share of the county's revenue. In FY2016 Albemarle paid $15,767,084 to the City of Charlottesville.
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The Dewberry Hotel is a partially constructed building on the Downtown Mall, proposed as a nine-story, 100-room luxury hotel. The idea was to build a $30 million, nine-story luxury boutique hotel. Construction was abandoned in January 2009. The Charlottesville City Council directed staff in January 2016 to pursue legal action to either force construction or to force public acquisition through eminent domain.
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Fifeville is a city-designated neighborhood in southwest Charlottesville. The neighborhood contains Tonsler Park, Forest Hills Park, and Fifeville Park, as well as Buford Middle School and the Smith Aquatic Center. Parts of the neighborhood are part of the Fifeville-Castle Hill Historic District.
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