Local adults have fond memories of childhood hours here between 1947 and the nursery’s move to Ridge Street in 1958. This impressive two-story building with Corinthian columns has had many lives. Originally built in 1922 for Bethel Baptist Church, from 1938 until 1946 it was Abbott Funeral Home, run by Otelia Abbott Coles. It was once again a church, Charlottesville Church of Christ, before becoming a private residence.