Fairfax Hall

Fairfax Hall, also known as Brandon Hotel or Fairfax Hall School, 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.[3]

Fairfax Hall
LocationWinchester Ave., Waynesboro, Virginia
Coordinates38°4′13″N 78°52′14″W
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1890, 1926
ArchitectPoindexter, William
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne, European Renaissance
NRHP reference No.82004609[1]
VLR No.136-0010
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 1982
Designated VLRJuly 20, 1982[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Former students of the college and preparatory school for girls include film star Martha Hyer, musician Nikki Hornsby and politician Julia Brownley.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fairfax Hall" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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