In 2008, Charlottesville City Council designated the Monticello Dairy building at the intersection of Preston Avenue and Grady Avenue as an individually protected property. That means the Board of Architectural Review has to weigh in any time there is an alteration to the exterior.
On Tuesday night, the BAR will hear a proposal to modify four non-historic doors in the northwest section of the building.
“Our client wishes to open a restaurant featuring duck-pin bowling in the space formerly occupied by the South and Central Restaurant at the Dairy Market,” reads a narrative written by the firm Stoneking/von Storch Architects.
As part of the work, a new entry would be built from 10th Street and some of the windows would be replaced.
The place would be called Sunpins Bowling and would feature six lanes. According to Wikipedia, duck-pins are slightly smaller than those used in standard bowling lanes. Supposedly, no one has ever scored a perfect 300, either.
A minor development plan for the new use is still being reviewed by the Department of Neighborhood Development Services.
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