Virginia Durant Young House


Virginia Durant Young House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	US 278, Fairfax, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°57′36″N 81°14′20″W / 32.96000°N 81.23889°W / 32.96000; -81.23889Coordinates: 32°57′36″N 81°14′20″W / 32.96000°N 81.23889°W / 32.96000; -81.23889
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1881 (1881)
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	83002183^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 8, 1983

Virginia Durant Young House, also known as Fairfax Library, is a historic home located at Fairfax, Allendale County, South Carolina. It was built in 1881, and is a 1 1/2-story frame, weatherboarded, vernacular Victorian cottage with a gable roof. The house rests on brick piers and has an irregular "U"-shaped plan that incorporated a medical office for Dr. Young. It was the home of Virginia Durant Young, journalist, novelist, humanitarian, political activist and internationally recognized leader of the women's suffrage movement in South Carolina and the nation. The home also served as the office for Mrs. Young's newspaper, the Fairfax Enterprise and as the office for Dr. Young's medical practice.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Margaret Marion and Suzanne Pickens Wylie (October 1982). "Virginia Durant Young House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
↑ "Virginia Durant Young House, Allendale County (U.S. Hwy. 278, Fairfax)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

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