Proffit Historic District

The Proffit Historic District is a national historic district located at Proffit, Albemarle County, Virginia. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the historic center of Proffit. Notable buildings and sites includes Evergreen Baptist Church, the Proffit Station Master's House, remains of the first Proffit Post Office, the Proffit Road Bridge, and several houses built by African-American families as far back as the 1880s.[3]

Proffit Historic District
Historic marker for the Proffit Historic District
LocationRoughly the area around the junction of the Southern Railroad tracks and VA 649, Proffit, Virginia
Coordinates38°6′36″N 78°25′26″W
Built1871
ArchitectBrown, Ned; Cox, Elijah, et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.99000145 [1]
VLR No.002-5019
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 5, 1999
Designated VLRSeptember 14, 1998[2]

Proffit's history dates back to the 1870s when two former slaves, John Coles and Benjamin Brown, purchased some land from former slaveholder W.G. Carr. In 1876 Ned Brown purchased seventy-five acres in the area as well. Its settlement began and the community thrived.

Proffit is noted as one of the few African American communities in Albemarle County to survive after the American Civil War. Today it is a quiet residential area whose backbone is the Evergreen Baptist Church. The Church was built in 1891 by its first pastor, Reverend D.L. Gofney, and continues to be significantly involved in this historic community today.

The historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  3. Geoffrey B. Henry and Melinda Frierson (February 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Proffit Historic District" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources., Accompanying photo, and Accompanying map
  • Proffit Historic District - Virginia African Heritage Program


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