What I'm doing now...

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I spend my days disrupting the way we see landscape history, weaving it directly into my thesis work. Each class sharpens my focus on the architectural layers of a formal garden nestled within a 19th-century estate in Albemarle County. The garden's history is embedded in its soil, waiting to be uncovered. Instead of following well-trodden narratives, I dig deeper, revealing hidden stories and challenging traditional perspectives on design and time. It's like being an archaeologist of ideas, unearthing the unexpected and piecing together a dynamic picture of the past.

When I step away from the estate's layered history, I retreat to a loft in downtown Charlottesville. I live in a converted moving and storage warehouse from the early 1900s—a nod to adaptive reuse and the value of rethinking old spaces. Just steps from coffee shops and quiet corners along the downtown mall, it's the perfect spot for fresh ideas to flourish.

If you spot me with headphones on, caught in the rhythm of discovery, stop me. I'll happily trade you a coffee for your take on the world. Also, visit ellery@deepwell.media if you need anything.

I am grateful to the Colonial Dames of America Scholarship, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Henry J. Javor Bicentennial Scholarship, the Peter R. Kutscha Endowed Memorial Scholarship, the Peter L. Page Scholarship, and Grant, the Frederick Doveton Nichols Award, the UVA Society of Architectural Historians, and the UVA Architecture School's Center for Cultural Landscapes.

jefferyholley@virginia.edu

Main Character: characterhome.com

Architectural, Art Histories + Historic Preservation - BArH '24, MArH '25

UVA School of Architecture

UVA Society of Architectural Historians President

Moven Sustainability Lab Special Projects

415.776.5333 Anytime

The past persists as unpredictably as the future unfolds - Daniel Abramson.