National Register of Historic Places

Fairfax Hall

Waynesboro (Independent City), Waynesboro County, Virginia
Listed
September 8, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82004609

About this property

Fairfax Hall, previously known as Brandon Hotel (1890-1913), Brandon Institute (1913-1920), and Fairfax Hall Junior College or Fairfax Hall School (Junior College program discontinued in 1956) (1920-1975), is a historic building located at Waynesboro, Virginia. It was built in 1890, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, very long and rambling resort hotel building in the shingled mode of the Queen Anne style. It has an irregular symmetry with towers at either end of the facade, a one-story porte cochere, a distinctive octagonal belvedere and cupola, and glassed in first story porches. Also on the property is a contributing gymnasium, built in 1926 in the European Renaissance style. It was originally occupied by the Brandon Hotel resort. The Brandon closed in 1913 but the building reopened as a school. In 1920 the school became Fairfax Hall, a junior college and preparatory school for girls. After the school closed in 1975, it was leased by the Virginia Department of Corrections as a training academy but then purchased and reopened as a retirement home. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Former students of the college and preparatory school for girls include film star Martha Hyer, musician Nikki Hornsby, politician Julia Brownley, and DAR President-General Presley Merritt Wagoner.

Location

Waynesboro (Independent City), Waynesboro County, Virginia
38.07066, -78.87021

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Sources

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When was Fairfax Hall listed on the National Register?

Fairfax Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Fairfax Hall?

Fairfax Hall is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Fairfax Hall?

The period of significance for Fairfax Hall is recorded as the industrial era.

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