James A. Fields House

	James A. Fields House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	617 27th St., Newport News, Virginia
Coordinates	36°59′5″N 76°25′19″W / 36.98472°N 76.42194°WCoordinates: 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
VLR No.	121-5004
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 6, 2002
Designated VLR	March 13, 2002

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]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ Gregory Cherry (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: James A. Fields House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos

External links[]

James A. Field House – blog site

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[VAnom-3] Gregory Cherry (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: James A. Fields House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos

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