Charlottesville
The Clifton
Jefferson's son-in-law Thomas Mann Randolph built it about 1800 as a warehouse for a planned Rivanna River port; breakfast and parking are free.
- Built
- c. 1800Circa 1800 per the 1989 NRHP nomination (architecture dated ca. 1800 and ca. 1925); built by Thomas Mann Randolph in the first quarter of the 19th century, originally as a warehouse. The hotel refers to its '1799 kitchen'.
- Style
- Federal, with Colonial Revival additions
- Type
- Inn
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Thomas Mann Randolph (1768-1828), Thomas Jefferson’s son-in-law and later governor of Virginia, built the original portion as a warehouse for the planned port of North Milton on the Rivanna River; it later became his residence. Later owners enlarged the much-evolved house, and the present portico replaced a one-story 19th-century veranda. Randolph’s office survives as an outbuilding. The house opened as a five-room bed and breakfast in 1985.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Parking: on-site free
- Pets welcome
- Address: 1296 Clifton Inn Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22911
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.