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Virginia Durant Young House

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Built
  
1881 (1881)

Opened
  
1881

Architectural style
  
Victorian architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
83002183

Area
  
2,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
8 August 1983

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Location
  
US 278, Fairfax, South Carolina

Virginia Durant Young House, also known as Fairfax Library, is a historic home located at Fairfax, Allendale County, South Carolina. It was built in 1881, and is a 1-1/2-story frame, weatherboarded, vernacular Victorian cottage with a gable roof. The house rests on brick piers and has an irregular "U"-shaped plan that incorporated a medical office for Dr. Young. It was the home of Virginia Durant Young, journalist, novelist, humanitarian, political activist and internationally recognized leader of the women's suffrage movement in South Carolina and the nation. The home also served as the office for Mrs. Young's newspaper, the Fairfax Enterprise and as the office for Dr. Young's medical practice. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It now houses the Fairfax Public Library.

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Virginia Durant Young House Wikipedia