National Register of Historic Places

Sanders, Walter McDonald, House

Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia
Listed
November 21, 2002
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
02001370

About this property

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

Location

Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia
37.23881, -81.25969

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When was Sanders, Walter McDonald, House listed on the National Register?

Sanders, Walter McDonald, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Sanders, Walter McDonald, House?

Sanders, Walter McDonald, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Sanders, Walter McDonald, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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