{"nrhp_refnum":"97001073","name":"Fairview District Home","other_names":["VDHR File No. 77-6"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by VA 643, VA 11, and VA 100","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Pulaski County","state":"VA","lat":37.09526181500007,"lon":-80.71937204899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick district almshouse in a T-shaped plan, built in 1928 near Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, with a contributing brick garage on a 6.43-acre site.","why_significant":"It is a well-preserved example of the 1920s reform of Virginia's county almshouse system, when neighboring counties pooled resources into district homes. It also shows abstracted Colonial Revival motifs used in institutional design. Its plan and records document welfare policies of the era, including separation of residents by sex and race and the use of eugenic sterilization.","narrative":"Built in 1928 west of Dublin, Virginia, this two-story brick building served as the Fairview District Home, a shared almshouse for Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and Smyth counties and the city of Radford. Architect Clarence Henry Hinnant designed it in a T shape with a nine-bay front, a pedimented concrete porch and Colonial Revival detailing, and it held up to fifty-five residents. It was one of the first district homes created under a 1918 state law meant to replace small, poorly run county almshouses. Its plan reflects the period's policy of separating residents by sex and race, and its records show that some inmates were sent for sterilization under eugenic theories. The home closed as an institution in the mid-1970s, when operations moved to a new building. After a decade of abandonment, it was restored as a private dwelling, keeping its original windows, doors, brick mantels and stair. A matching brick garage also survives.","period_of_significance":"1928-c. 1945","architect_builder":"Clarence Henry Hinnant","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now a private dwelling after about ten years of abandonment and vandalism ended with its 1989 purchase; exterior carefully restored and interior rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.462577-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/6827/41682797/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97001073.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001073/8f08148899-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001073/8f08148899-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairview_District_Home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairview_District_Home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682797","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview_District_Home","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15217238"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/pulaski-county/fairview-district-home-97001073/"}