W. T. Bailey House

Not to be confused with the W. Bailey House in Eveleth, Minnesota.

W.T. Bailey House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The W.T. Bailey House viewed from the south
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Location	816 S. 5th Avenue, Virginia, Minnesota
Coordinates	47°30′58.7″N92°32′17″W / 47.516306°N 92.53806°W / 47.516306; -92.53806
Area	Less than one acre
Built	Circa 1921
Architectural style	Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	80004357 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1980

The W. T. Bailey House is a historic house in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. It was built around 1921 in Spanish Colonial Revival style for the founder of Bailey Lumber Mill, the city's second-largest lumber company. ^[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the themes of architecture, commerce, and industry. ^[3] It was nominated for its association with a prominent businessman in one of Virginia's primary industries, and for illustrating the correlation between "wealth and prominence in the mining and lumbering regions and large and architecturally distinctive residences". ^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis County, Minnesota

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Skrief, Charles (September 10, 1979). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Bailey House. National Park Service. Retrieved February 29, 2020. With three accompanying photos from 1979.
3. "Bailey, W.T., House". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2019.