Advance Mills Supply was a prime example of the country stores within Albemarle County, but its fate typifies a recent trend. The store—listed as “threatened” by a 2003 report from the Albemarle County Historic Preservation Committee—was demolished this past spring, and other country stores face fire, demolition and neglect. Albemarle County is working on ways […]

A huge swath of southern Albemarle County has been nominated for inclusion in two historical area lists. The 83,627 acres proposed—which lie between the Rivanna and James rivers—would be the largest historic district in Virginia, and the third largest east of the Mississippi. This swath of 83,627 acres in southern Albemarle is under consideration to […]