Present Lambs Road, which retains much of its rural character, once passed through large farms purchased by African Americans after the Civil War. The teacher Jesse Scott Sammons owned 73 acres adjoining Robert Shelton Jones’s 82-acre “Maple Hill” and Burkley Bullock’s 35-acre farm. The daughters of all three men became teachers. In the 20th century, Charlottesville dentist Dr. John A. Jackson owned Maple Hill and built a swimming pool there. The farm became a haven for African American children from Charlottesville and Albemarle County, for camping, gardening, and summer sports.