Explore Ivy Creek Natural Area & Historic River View Farm

This farm is the home of Hugh Carr, a formerly enslaved laborer who amassed over 125 acres of land by 1890, making him among the most prominent African American landowners in Albemarle County. River View Farm is also a rare surviving example of the Union Ridge/Hydraulic Mills area, an African American community that flourished in the region in the late nineteenth century. It is now the home of the Ivy Creek Natural Area.

Ivy Creek's Sue Erhardt, Susie Farmer, Mariah Payne, and Olivia Brubaker, and three UVA faculty members who serve on the Ivy Creek Foundation Board of Directors, Sarita Herman, Jody Lahendro, and Lisa Schutt, will provide lectures and tours. We will learn about the history of the Carr family and their landholdings and tour the farmhouse, barn, cemetery, and grounds.

This program requires periods of walking, sometimes on uneven lawns or terrain.