Virginia Home

Virginia Home
Location 986 Field Ave., Fieldale, Virginia
Coordinates 36°42′19″N 79°56′24″W / 36.70528°N 79.94000°WCoordinates: 36°42′19″N 79°56′24″W / 36.70528°N 79.94000°W
Area 0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built 1920
Built by Smith, John
Governing body Private
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. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  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". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo