Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People

Coordinates: 36°44′46.5″N 77°52′51.5″W / 36.746250°N 77.880972°W / 36.746250; -77.880972
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Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People
Front of the main building
Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People is located in Virginia
Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People
Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People is located in the United States
Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People
Location236 Pleasant Grove Rd., Brodnax, Virginia
Coordinates36°44′46.5″N 77°52′51.5″W / 36.746250°N 77.880972°W / 36.746250; -77.880972
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1881 (1881)-1883
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.04000910[1]
VLR No.012-0126
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 2004
Designated VLRJune 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 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