{"nrhp_refnum":"85002767","name":"Home For Confederate Women","other_names":["Home For Needy Confederate Women","DHL File #127-38"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 N. Sheppard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.557215373000076,"lon":-77.47581738299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone building at 301 North Sheppard Street in Richmond, Virginia, completed in 1932 to designs by architect Merrill Lee. It was built as a home for needy Confederate women and is a copy of the north facade of the White House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an excellent example of Federal Revival architecture in Virginia, with fine exterior and interior detailing based on James Hoban's White House design. It also represents the first institution in the state founded to recognize the loyal women of the Confederacy, chartered by the General Assembly in 1898. The 1932 building has served as a memorial to the wives, widows, daughters and female descendants of Confederate veterans.","narrative":"Completed in 1932 at 301 North Sheppard Street in Richmond, this two-story limestone building was designed by Merrill Lee as a residence for needy Confederate women. Its form copies the north facade of the White House: an eleven-bay central block with a tetrastyle Ionic portico, one-story hyphens with Doric columns, and two five-bay pavilions. Inside, the public rooms have Doric pilasters, pedimented door surrounds and original lighting fixtures, while the residents' rooms are plain. The Home was chartered by the General Assembly in 1898 and first opened in 1900 in a rented house on Grove Avenue. Fundraising led by Mrs. Andrew Jackson Montague, a state land grant and a $200,000 bequest eventually made the new building possible. Designers of the period associated the White House style with feminine pursuits and with prestige, giving the residents a dignified place to live. The building still serves as a nursing home.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Merrill Lee","architectural_style":"Federal Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a nursing home; condition listed as good and unaltered, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.885534-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6831/41683159/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85002767.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002767/1ef4144d83-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002767/1ef4144d83-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley, Midlothian, Virginia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pauley_Center_(Home_for_Confederate_Women)_v1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley, Midlothian, Virginia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pauley_Center_(Home_for_Confederate_Women)_v1.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683159","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_For_Confederate_Women","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140305209"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/home-for-confederate-women-85002767/"}