Remarkable for the diversity of its many talented and accomplished residents and for its cohesiveness and endurance as a neighborhood through a century of change, Starr Hill is a window on the past in the center of a modern city. Some streets in the neighborhood have families that have lived there since 1900. The area was home of a legendary football player as well as Charlottesville's first African American physician. Journalists, entrepreneurs, ministers, and many beloved educators also lived in the neighborhood. From 1882, when African American Methodists pooled resources to purchase a small lot for Wesley Chapel, until 2002, when Starr Hill residents united with alumni and friends to save the Jefferson School, Starr Hill has been all about aspiration, cooperation, and faith.
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