Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People

Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People
Location 236 Pleasant Grove Rd., Brodnax, Virginia
Coordinates 36°44′46″N 77°52′52″W / 36.74611°N 77.88111°W / 36.74611; -77.88111Coordinates: 36°44′46″N 77°52′52″W / 36.74611°N 77.88111°W / 36.74611; -77.88111
Area 4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built 1881 (1881)-1883
Architectural style Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP Reference # 04000910[1]
VLR # 012-0126
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 26, 2004
Designated VLR June 16, 2004[2]

Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People is a historic hospital building for African Americans located at Brodnax, Brunswick County, Virginia. It was built in 1881-1883, and is a three-story, 6,000-square-foot wood-frame structure with horizontal lapped weatherboard walls and a slate clipped-gable roof. Also on the property are a contributing hospital supervisor's residence and smokehouse. The house is now used as a bed and breakfast establishment.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

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. Thomas Krewson & Dale P. Kinsey (2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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