Hospice House

Transforming a historic Victorian home into a warm, welcoming eight-bedroom hospice residence, brwarchitects restored its original elegance while adding modern spaces for comfort and care. The design honors the home’s heritage with thoughtful updates, creating a serene environment for clients and their families.

Hospice of the Piedmont purchased one of the grand old homes on Park Street north of Charlottesville which had previously been turned into a twenty-two bed nursing home. The nonprofit’s intention was to restore the elegance and graciousness of the original home and provide an eight bedroom residence for their Hospice clients.

brwarchitects restored the Victorian home, stripping out the earlier renovations and building back the house from its foundations and original structural ‘bones.’ A new addition, deferring to the prominence of the original house, provides additional client rooms, family support spaces and overnight accommodations, and common rooms for dining, preparing meals, and spending time with family members. An elevator provides accessibility throughout the house and the front porch has been restored to its original detail.

Location

Charlottesville, VA

Status

Completed 2004

Client

Hospice of the Piedmont

Architect

brwarchitects, p.c.
Design Lead: Kurt Keesecker, AIA

Consultants

Dunbar Structural

Contractor

Alexander Nicholson