Ivy Creek Natural Area

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What is now Ivy Creek Natural Area was historically an agricultural property called River View Farm. From the Virginia Department of Historic Resources:

"River View Farm is locally important for its legacy as a prosperous working farm owned by an African American family, members of a community of Black farmers, tradespeople, businesspersons, ministers, and educators centered on Union Ridge and Hydraulic Mills in Albemarle County during the late 1800s. The formerly enslaved Hugh Carr purchased the land in 1870 and built the existing farmhouse around 1880, where he and his wife, Texie M. Hawkins, raised seven children, encouraging them to pursue higher education."

The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), where it is designated a historic district.

NRHP #100005925