Fairy Stone State Park Explained

Fairy Stone State Park

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Virginia#USA

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36.7847°N -80.0961°W

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Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Fairy Stone State Park Historic District
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Designated Other1:	Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:	June 8, 2006^[2]
Designated Other1 Number:	070-0057
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Location:	967 Fairystone Lake Dr., Stuart, Virginia
Architect:	Myers, E.L. Jr.; et al.
Architecture:	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Modern Movement
Added:	April 10, 2007
Refnum:	07000338

Fairy Stone State Park, located in Patrick County, Virginia, is the largest of the original six state parks that opened on June 15, 1936, and is home to the mysterious "fairy stones", or staurolite. The stone, prevalent in the region, may have the St. Andrew's or Roman shape.^[3] ^[4]

The park's land was donated in 1933 by Junius B. Fishburn, former president of the Southwest Virginia Trust Co. and former owner of the Roanoke Times. The park is 4741acres, making it the largest of the six original parks and one of the largest to this day. Some of the park's features, including its lake and many structures still in use, were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.^[5]

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Notes and References

Web site: Fairy Stone State Park.
Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
Hagemann, James A. (1988). The Heritage of Virginia. The Donning Company, 2nd edition, 297 p. .
Moore, C.H. Jr., 1937. The staurolite area of Patrick and Henry counties, Virginia. The American Mineralogist 22(9), 990−996.
1389 Speaks. 1. 2. 22 November 1938. University of Fairystone Painted. 19 September 2023. virginiachronicle, Library of Virginia.