About Azurest South
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures
Azurest South, the home and workplace of Amaza Lee Meredith (one of the nation’s first black female architects) is one of the few examples in Virginia, United States of the Post World War I German style: International Style. Meredith was the founder of the fine arts department of Virginia State University in 1930. She shared the home with her companion, Dr. Edna Meade Colson, dean of the Virginia State University School of Education. When Meredith died, she left half of the property's interest to the Virginia State University National Alumni Association, and after Colson's death, the association purchased the other half of the estate.