Proffit Historic District
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| Proffit Historic District | |
|---|---|
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Nearest city: | Proffit, Virginia |
| Built/Founded: | 1871 |
| Architect: | Brown, Ned; Cox, Elijah, et al. |
| Architectural style(s): | Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival |
| Added to NRHP: | February 05, 1999 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 99000145 [1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
The historic Proffit area in Virginia includes Evergreen Baptist Church, the Proffit Station Master’s House, remains of the first Proffit Post Office, the Proffit Road Bridge, and several houses built by African-American families as far back as the 1880s.
Proffit’s history dates back to the 1870s when two former slaves, John Coles and Benjamin Brown, purchased some land from former slaveholder W.G. Carr. In 1876 Ned Brown purchased seventy-five acres in the area as well. Its settlement began and the community thrived.
Proffit is noted as one of the few African American communities in Albemarle County to survive after the Civil War. Today it is a quiet residential area whose backbone is the Evergreen Baptist Church. The Church was built in 1891 by its first pastor, Reverend D.L. Gofney, and continues to be significantly involved in this historic community today.
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- Proffit Historic District [1] - Virginia African Heritage Program
