Virginia Home Explained

Virginia Home
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 15, 2000[1]
Designated Other1 Number:044-5010
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:36.7053°N -79.94°W
Builder:John Smith
Added:May 24, 2000
Refnum:00000495

Virginia Home is a historic boarding house located at Fieldale, Henry County, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1920, and is a two-story, seven-bay, frame structure with a hipped roof and a full, two-story porch. Also on the property are a contributing cook's house, a wash house, and a one-story cottage forthe staff of the Virginia Home. The Virginia Home was built by Marshall Field and Company as a boarding house for workers at the Fieldcrest Mills.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is located in the Fieldale Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. 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. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Virginia Home . Alison Blanton. December 1999. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo