Azurest South

Azurest South is the home and workplace of Amaza Lee Meredith, one of the nation's first black female architects. Located on the campus of Virginia State University, the home is one of the few examples of Post World War I German style: International Style in Virginia. She shared the home with her partner, Dr. Edna Meade Colson, who served as dean of the Virginia State University School of Education.[3] Meredith founded Virginia State University's fine arts department in 1930. When Meredith died, she left half of the property's interest to the Virginia State University National Alumni Association, and after Colson's death, the association purchased the other half of the estate.[4]

Azurest South
Location2900 Boisseau St. Ettrick, VA 23803
Coordinates37°14′24″N 77°25′9″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1938
ArchitectMeredith, Amaza Lee; Holmes, Russell
Architectural styleInternational Style
NRHP reference No.93001464[1]
VLR No.020-5583
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1993
Designated VLROctober 20, 1993[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

Azurest South displays "a fascination with modernity, a familiarity with new materials and construction details, and a love of nature."[4] The building is located in a dell on the eastern edge of campus.[5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Calder Loth; Mary Harding Sadler; James Hill (September 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Azurest South" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-06-16. and Accompanying four photos Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Loth, Calder, ed. (1995). Virginia Landmarks of Black History: Sites on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia. pp. 17–19. ISBN 0813916003.
  5. Sadler, Mary Harding (2004). "Amaza Lee Meredith". In Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (ed.). African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary 1865-1945. New York: Routledge. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0415929598.

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