Walter McDonald Sanders House

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Walter McDonald Sanders House
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LocationCollege Ave., Bluefield, Virginia
Coordinates 37°14′20″N81°15′34.5″W / 37.23889°N 81.259583°W / 37.23889; -81.259583
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1894 (1894)
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No. 02001370 [1]
VLR No.143-5022
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 2002
Designated VLRSeptember 11, 2002 [2]

The Walter McDonald Sanders House is a historic house that forms the center of the Sanders House Center complex at Bluefield in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. It was built between 1894 and 1896, and is a large two-story, three-bay, red brick Queen Anne style dwelling. A two-story, brick over frame addition was built in 1911. The house features a highly decorative, almost full-length, shed-roofed front porch; a pyramidal roof; and a corner turret with conical roof. Also on the property are the contributing limestone spring house, a frame smokehouse which contains a railroad museum, a frame granary, and an early-20th century small frame dwelling known as the Rosie Trigg Cottage, which houses the Tazewell County Visitor Center. [3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Michael J. Pulice (July 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walter McDonald Sanders House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and ://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Tazewell/SandersHouse_photo.htm Accompanying photo]