From the 2003 Scottsville Historic District Nomination Update:

The Scottsville Historic District is located along the horseshoe bend of the James River in Albemarle County, Virginia, and extends north and westward over the town’s hills and bluffs.  The district inventory totals 215 resources.  The district includes 153 contributing commercial, residential, religious, factory and warehouse buildings that retain integrity.

Spanning the mid-18th century through the late 1950s, the architectural styles represented throughout the district include Federal, Georgian, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Prairie,Colonial Revival, and Craftsman. Some of the most abundant styles here are Colonial Revival and Craftsman. A lull in the town’s economy since the end of the 19th century has contributed to the retention of much of the district’s character. The prolonged use of certain styles in the district illustrates Scottsville’s relative isolation resulting from the reduction in commerce when the James River and Kanawha Canal was replaced by the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad in the 1880s.

A smaller Scottsville Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and included 53 of the earliest or most significant buildings. The town’s boundaries were expanded in 1994 to include the properties along the west side of Page Street and the six large estates that together surround most of the Historic District: Belle Haven, Cliffside, Chester, Oakwood, Mount Walla, and Riverview. The expanded historic district nomination includes the buildings identified in the 1976 nomination (and already listed in the National Register) as well as historic buildings not included then and the area added to the town in 1994, including the six estates. Of those six estates, two, Clifton and Mount Walla, are already listed individually in the National Register.