Fiske Kimball Culmination and Legacy

Fiske Kimball Remembered

The McIntire Amphitheater and Shack Mountain stand as two architectural examples of Fiske Kimball's legacy in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The McIntire Amphitheater (1955) has experienced various kinds of degradation and revitalization since Fiske Kimball's day. It was threatened with demolition in the 1960s then converted into a paved parking lot in the 1970s. "Restored" with a fresh coat of paint later in the 1970s, the McIntire Amphitheater provides a suitable classical foreground for architect Michael Graves' new classroom building.

Possessing integrity of both place and architectural design, Shack Mountain stands as a National Historic Landmark to its creators, Fiske and Marie Kimball. Only 2,400 sites have attained this honored status designated by the Secretary of the Interior.

	McIntire Amphitheater, 1970 Cavalier Daily, courtesy of Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.
	McIntire Amphitheater and Bryan Hall, designed by Michael Graves, 1995, photo courtesy of Jack Robertson
	National Historic Landmark Plaque, Shack Mountain, courtesy of Jack Robertson
	National Historic Landmark Certificate, courtesy of Department of Interior.