{"nrhp_refnum":"04000910","name":"Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People","other_names":["Three Angels Inn","DHR No. 012-0126"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"236 Pleasant Grove Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Broadnax","county":"Brunswick County","state":"VA","lat":36.746196687000065,"lon":-77.88074593699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Black","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story wood-frame hospital building with outbuildings on a 4.16-acre property at 236 Pleasant Grove Road, Brodnax, Brunswick County, Virginia. It was rebuilt in 1891 after a fire destroyed the first building, which was dedicated in 1883.","why_significant":"The Church Home was an unusual institution for freedmen, a hospital for Black residents of Southside Virginia after Reconstruction, when medical facilities for them were lacking. It is also the property most closely associated with Martha \"Pattie\" Hicks Buford, who raised funds across the North to run the hospital and schools. A later amendment shortened the period of significance to start in 1891, when the oldest surviving building was constructed.","narrative":"Built in 1891 on the brick foundation of an earlier hospital lost to fire, this three-story frame building in Brodnax, Virginia, once served needy Black residents of Brunswick County. The Church Home for Aged, Infirm and Disabled Colored People was incorporated by the General Assembly in 1882 and opened in 1883. Martha \"Pattie\" Hicks Buford founded it after years of teaching freed people, and she raised money from Episcopal congregations in the North. The 6,000-square-foot building has a slate clipped-gable roof, a wide center hall on each floor, high ceilings, and four rooms per level. An 1890s-era supervisor's residence and a smokehouse also survive, and a 1950s milking barn does not contribute. Hospital records show patient counts rising through the 1890s. The hospital operated until 1907, after which the property reverted to Buford's family and became a private residence. It now operates as a bed and breakfast inn. The property is recognized for its role in health care, African American history and social history after Reconstruction.","period_of_significance":"1891-1907 (amended from 1866-1907)","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"The main house is now used as a bed and breakfast inn, and the remaining outbuildings are used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.318156-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/6798/41679881/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000910.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000910/c6b3214610-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000910/c6b3214610-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_Home_for_Aged,_Infirm_and_Disabled_Colored_People.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_Home_for_Aged,_Infirm_and_Disabled_Colored_People.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679881","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Home_for_Aged,_Infirm_and_Disabled_Colored_People","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712172"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/brunswick-county/church-home-for-aged-infirm-and-disabled-colored-people-04000910/"}