A Guide to the Photographs of "Westcairns," Albemarle County, ca. 1900-1913 "Westcairns," Albemarle County, Photographs 9732-g

A Guide to the Photographs of "Westcairns," Albemarle County, ca. 1900-1913

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Accession Number 9732-g

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

9732-g

Title

Photographs of "Westcairns," Albemarle County ca. 1900-1913

Physical Characteristics

4 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Photographs of "Westcairns," Albemarle County, Accession #9732-g, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These photographs were given to the Library by Jerry N. Showalter of Ivy, Virginia, on August 13, 1986.

Scope and Content

Four photographic prints of "Westcairns," Albemarle County, ca. 1900-1912. were prepared from copy negatives. An inscription on one of the original photographs indicated that the house was "built by H B Boone and Kenneth Brown with negro 'hands' ranging from $2 a day to 25c. Average $1 or less. R E Shaw, architect." In addition to this photograph which shows the house as "half done," there are photographs of the finished building and of its interior, ca. 1900. There is one of its exterior and the surrounding landscape, ca. 1912. Situated near the University of Virginia, "Westcairns" was "the old McElroy residence on the Ivy Road site of what is now the Children's Rehabilitation Center."