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James A. Fields House

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JAMES A. FIELDS HOUSE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA
JAMES A. FIELDS HOUSE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA

James A. Fields House is a historic home located in the Brookville Heights neighborhood in the East End of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1897, and is a two-story, Italianate style red brick dwelling on a raised basement. It features an entrance tower with a low pitched hipped roof and two ten-foot tall two-over-two windows on the first floor. It was built by the prominent African-American lawyer and politician James A. Fields (1844–1903) and served as the location of the first black hospital in the city, which later became the Whittaker Memorial Hospital.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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James A. Fields House
30th Street, Newport News

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23607 Newport News
Virginia, United States
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