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W.T. Bailey House
The W. T. Bailey House is a historic house in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. It was built around 1921 in Spanish Colonial Revival style for the founder of Bailey Lumber Mill, the city's second-largest lumber company. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the themes of architecture, commerce, and industry. It was nominated for its association with a prominent businessman in one of Virginia's primary industries, and for illustrating the correlation between "wealth and prominence in the mining and lumbering regions and large and architecturally distinctive residences".
W.T. Bailey House
The W. T. Bailey House is a historic house in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. It was built around 1921 in Spanish Colonial Revival style for the founder of Bailey Lumber Mill, the city's second-largest lumber company. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the themes of architecture, commerce, and industry. It was nominated for its association with a prominent businessman in one of Virginia's primary industries, and for illustrating the correlation between "wealth and prominence in the mining and lumbering regions and large and architecturally distinctive residences".
Jul 26, 2017
Posted Date
Jul 14, 2022
Historical Record Date
Jul 26, 2017
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Dec 04, 1980
Dec 04, 1980
National Register of Historic Places - W.T. Bailey House
Statement of Significance: The building is significant as the former home of a prominent entrepreneur in the Virginia lumber industry, an important part of Virginia's economy. Bailey was founder and owner of the Bailey Lumber Mill operation, which was second only to the Virginia and Rainy Lake Company in the size of its operation and in the value of its product. Like other prominent homes in the Virginia area, the Bailey house reflects the coincidence of wealth and prominence in the mining and lumbering regions and large and architecturally distinctive residences.
National Register of Historic Places - W.T. Bailey House
Statement of Significance: The building is significant as the former home of a prominent entrepreneur in the Virginia lumber industry, an important part of Virginia's economy. Bailey was founder and owner of the Bailey Lumber Mill operation, which was second only to the Virginia and Rainy Lake Company in the size of its operation and in the value of its product. Like other prominent homes in the Virginia area, the Bailey house reflects the coincidence of wealth and prominence in the mining and lumbering regions and large and architecturally distinctive residences.
Posted Date
Jul 14, 2022
Historical Record Date
Dec 04, 1980
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
