Virginia Randolph Cottage

Infobox_nrhp | name =Virginia Randolph Cottage
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= 2200 Mountain Rd., Glen Allen, Virginia
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 39
lat_seconds = 39
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 28
long_seconds = 56
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1937
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= December 02, 1974cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1500&ResourceType=Building
title=Virginia Randolph Cottage |accessdate=2008-04-21|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 02, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=74002126

Virginia Randolph Cottage, also known as Virginia E. Randolph Museum, Virginia Cardwell Cottage, or Home Economics Cottage, is a building that was built in 1937 in Glen Allen, Virginia. It was the home economics building of the Virginia Randolph Training School, a vocational school. Virginia E. Randolph (1874-1958), who was a black woman, was a teacher and a teacher educator for 55 years.

Randolph reportedly had an office in the building, and it is now a museum commemorating her life. Her gravesite is on the grounds.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74002126.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Virginia E. Randolph Museum - Virginia Cardwell Cottage / Home Economics Cottage] |32 KB|date=July 31, 1974 |author=James Sheire |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74002126.pdf "Accompanying one photo, undated (plus an unrelated photo of Poe Shrine, "oldest house" in Richmond, Virginia)"] |32 KB]

References

External links

* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Henrico/VA_Randolph_Cottage_photo.htm Virginia Randolph Cottage, Henrico County, one photo at Virginia DHR]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va1288 Virginia E. Randolph Cottage, 2200 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, Henrico County, VA: 3 photos, 2 data pages and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://www.co.henrico.va.us/manager/History/randolph.html The Museum In Memory Of Virginia E. Randolph]
* [http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/hcpstv/litf_randolph.html TV Interview about the museum]