{"nrhp_refnum":"74002126","name":"Randolph, Virginia, Cottage","other_names":["Virginia E. Randolph Museum","Virginia Cardwell Cottage","Home E"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2200 Mountain Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glen Allen","county":"Henrico County","state":"VA","lat":37.661133594000034,"lon":-77.48167101199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-02","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1974-12-02","areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story rectangular building, about 40' x 25', built in 1937 with Federal funds on the campus of the Virginia Randolph Educational Centers at 2200 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, Henrico County, Virginia. It was originally the home economics building of the Virginia Randolph Training School and now serves as a museum.","why_significant":"The property is tied to Virginia E. Randolph, who became the first Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher in 1908. That role became the model for Jeanes teachers across the South and later in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The nomination stresses her place in the history of Black education and its vocational approach. It states the building itself has no particular architectural significance.","narrative":"Built in 1937 with Federal funds, this small one-and-a-half story building at 2200 Mountain Road in Glen Allen served as the home economics building of the Virginia Randolph Training School. It measures roughly 40 by 25 feet. After the school ceased to be a high school in 1969, Henrico County converted the cottage into a museum commemorating Virginia Randolph, rearranging the interior to hold document cases and memorabilia. The exterior is unchanged, and Randolph is buried on the grounds. The listing rests on her importance rather than on the architecture. Born in Richmond in 1874 to parents who were former slaves, she taught at the Mountain Road School for fifteen years. In 1908 she became the first Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher, a position that became the model for teacher supervision in Black schools across the South and in several other countries. She devoted 57 years to Black education in Henrico County and retired in 1949.","period_of_significance":"20th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellently maintained small museum run by the county school board; no exterior alteration since construction, with interior partitions rearranged for display cases.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.030371-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/6790/41679057/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/74002126_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002126/500d120bf8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002126/500d120bf8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Walter Smelling, Jr., Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Randolph_Cottage_(Henrico_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Walter Smelling, Jr., Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Randolph_Cottage_(Henrico_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100010833","name":"Warminster Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/warminster-rural-historic-district-100010833/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679057","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Randolph_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7934470"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/henrico-county/randolph-virginia-cottage-74002126/"}