202 N. 5th Ave., Virginia, Minnesota. County/parish: St. Louis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 18, 1980. NRIS 80004359.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Charles Lenont House is a historic house in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1900 for Virginia's first mayor, Marcus Fay, then sold to Dr. Charles Lenont, who resided there until 1979. In 1980 the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its local significance in the themes of architecture and social history. It was nominated for being the city's best-preserved example of Queen Anne architecture and a manifestation of the class distinctions telegraphed by housing type on the early Iron Range.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93202993