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Vinegar Hill Boulevard

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<p>A sign designating Ridge McIntire Road, the four-lane road the city constructed through Vinegar Hill after it was razed, as “Vinegar Hill Boulevard.” Community organizer Mary Carey successfully advocated for the placement of two signs along the road to mark the previous location of the Vinegar Hill neighborhood.</p>

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Southall’s Meadow

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<p>This land survey shows the area of Charlottesville which would later become Vinegar Hill, as it looked in November 1870 when it was subdivided into smaller lots. One of the initial property buyers, John West, would later become one of the wealthiest Black residents of Charlottesville. The area was at that time known as “Southall’s Meadow,” as it had previously been a part of the property of Valentine Wood Southall, a slaveholder in the Virginia House of Delegates.</p>

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