Virginia Home

Virginia Home
Location 986 Field Ave., Fieldale, Virginia
Coordinates 36°42′19″N 79°56′24″W / 36.70528°N 79.94000°W / 36.70528; -79.94000Coordinates: 36°42′19″N 79°56′24″W / 36.70528°N 79.94000°W / 36.70528; -79.94000
Area 0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built 1920 (1920)
Built by Smith, John
NRHP Reference # 00000495[1]
VLR # 044-5010
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 24, 2000
Designated VLR March 15, 2000[2]

Virginia Home is a historic boarding house located at Fieldale, Henry County, Virginia. 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 for the 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.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1] It is located in the Fieldale Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Alison Blanton (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Virginia Home" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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