James A. Fields House | |
Location | 617 27th St., Newport News, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°59′5″N 76°25′19″W / 36.98472°N 76.42194°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1897 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 02000623 [1] |
VLR No. | 121-5004 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 6, 2002 |
Designated VLR | March 13, 2002 [2] |
James A. Fields House is a historic home located in the Brookville Heights neighborhood in the East End of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1897, and is a two-story, Italianate style red brick dwelling on a raised basement. It features an entrance tower with a low pitched hipped roof and two ten-foot tall two-over-two windows on the first floor. It was built by the prominent African-American lawyer and politician James A. Fields (1844–1903) and served as the location of the first black hospital in the city, which later became the Whittaker Memorial Hospital. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
James A. Fields House | |
Location | 617 27th St., Newport News, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°59′5″N 76°25′19″W / 36.98472°N 76.42194°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1897 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 02000623 [1] |
VLR No. | 121-5004 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 6, 2002 |
Designated VLR | March 13, 2002 [2] |
James A. Fields House is a historic home located in the Brookville Heights neighborhood in the East End of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1897, and is a two-story, Italianate style red brick dwelling on a raised basement. It features an entrance tower with a low pitched hipped roof and two ten-foot tall two-over-two windows on the first floor. It was built by the prominent African-American lawyer and politician James A. Fields (1844–1903) and served as the location of the first black hospital in the city, which later became the Whittaker Memorial Hospital. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]