Built 1916 VLR # 141-0060 Opened 1916 Architecture firm Clinton and Russell | NRHP Reference # 08000479 Designated VLR March 20, 2008 Area 40 ha Added to NRHP 29 May 2008 | |
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Location 931 Ashland Ave., Bedford, Virginia Architectural style Colonial Revival, Mediterranean Revival Similar Liberty Lake Park, National D‑Day Memorial, Avenel, Elks National Veterans, Peaks of Otter | ||
English Meadows Elks Home (formerly The Elks National Home) is a retirement home and national historic district located at Bedford, Virginia. It was built in 1916 by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, who first started the home in 1903. The Elks National Home historic district includes 23 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 2 contributing objects.
The Elks Home is popular locally for the large display of Christmas decorations it puts up each year. Visitors enter the driveway in their vehicles and slowly proceed through the displays, which line the driveway, free of charge.
The Elks Home was featured briefly in the 1991 film What About Bob?, where it stands in as a mental institution.
Its 100-acre (40 ha) property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
In 2013, The Elks National Home was sold to New River Assisted Living for 4.5 million dollars. The name was changed to English Meadows Elks Home.