LADY ASTOR PRESERVATION FOUNDATION

DANVILLE, VA

former Whitmell School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
former Whitmell School Credit: Retronaut

The Lady Astor Preservation Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Danville, Virginia, dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Lady Nancy Astor, the first woman to serve as a member of the British Parliament. The foundation was established in 2003 by a group of local residents who recognized the historic significance of Lady Astor's connection to Danville.

The foundation operates out of the historic Swanson Mansion, which was once owned by Lady Astor's husband, Waldorf Astor. The mansion has been restored and is now open to the public as a museum and event venue. In addition to preserving the mansion, the foundation also works to promote education and awareness about Lady Astor's life and achievements.

The foundation hosts a variety of educational and cultural events throughout the year, including lectures, concerts, and exhibits. It also offers guided tours of the Swanson Mansion, highlighting the history of the Astor family and their connection to Danville.

The Lady Astor Preservation Foundation is committed to preserving the legacy of Lady Astor and the historic significance of the Swanson Mansion. Through its educational and cultural programs, the foundation seeks to inspire and educate future generations about the importance of preserving our cultural heritage.

LADY ASTOR PRESERVATION FOUNDATION is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in DANVILLE VA. US MID #8405100572

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

former Whitmell School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
former Whitmell School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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In the Butterfly House (White Peacock Butterfly) This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work. The Danville Science Center (Danville, Virginia) has a "butterfly house" with very cooperative models. One of the personnel identified this as a White Peacock Butterfly. I should have asked about the plant. <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow"></a>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>
The Wig--100% Human Hair This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work. In a window of a Danville, Virginia wig shop. <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow"></a>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>.
old house and attached store in Pittsylvania County, Virginia the store was formerly "Ben and Bella's"
Boatwright-Moore House, Danville, Virginia 1 (This set contains 5 photos) This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by providing a link to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work. The 1897 Boatwright-Moore House in Danville, Virginia is more in the Queen Anne mode that Colonial Revival, which is given as the style in the National Register of Historic Places 2015 update to the Danville Historic District. The location is 142 Sutherlin Avenue. The asymmetrical front façade has several interesting details--a shingled, pedimented steep-pitched front gable with centrally located Palladian windows, a 2-story bay with narrow side windows and a large central window on each level and topped with a balustrade with square balusters, and a pointed semi-circular porch with a slight wrap-around feature and a gently sloping roof--but with no finial. The porch roof is supported by slender Doric columns on square piers; the railings are turned, and the entrance is double-leaf wooden doors with large glass panes. The house number prominently displayed in transom. A pair of narrow windows are situated above the porch roof in a part of the front façade which is slightly recessed from the plane. Two brick chimneys are visible from one side of the house as is the cross-gable roof. An odd single course of fish-scale shingling is visible in the side gables. Windows on the side facades are quite narrow. An entrance on one side is at the top of a short flight of wood steps. The house is 3,230 square feet and has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. A series of exterior and interior photos can be seen at <a href="https://oldwestendva.com/details-sutherlin/142-sutherlin-photos/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">oldwestendva.com/details-sutherlin/142-sutherlin-photos/</a> Also used in researching is a description of the house at <a href="https://danvillehistory.org/houses-of-tours-past-from-south-main-to-sutherlin-avenue-118be77200f4" rel="noreferrer nofollow">danvillehistory.org/houses-of-tours-past-from-south-main-...</a> The residence is included in the 2015 National Register update to the Danville Historic District which was originally added to the register April 11, 1973 with reference ID #73002207. The original nomination form is totally inadequate and is located at <a href="https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_Danville_HD_1972_Final_NRHP_Nomination.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_...</a> The update is much more inclusive and may be found at <a href="https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_DanvilleHD_2015_NRHP_Update_FINAL_.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_...</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow"></a>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>
Boatwright-Moore House, Danville, Virginia 2 (This set contains 5 photos) This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by providing a link to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work. The 1897 Boatwright-Moore House in Danville, Virginia is more in the Queen Anne mode that Colonial Revival, which is given as the style in the National Register of Historic Places 2015 update to the Danville Historic District. The location is 142 Sutherlin Avenue. The asymmetrical front façade has several interesting details--a shingled, pedimented steep-pitched front gable with centrally located Palladian windows, a 2-story bay with narrow side windows and a large central window on each level and topped with a balustrade with square balusters, and a pointed semi-circular porch with a slight wrap-around feature and a gently sloping roof--but with no finial. The porch roof is supported by slender Doric columns on square piers; the railings are turned, and the entrance is double-leaf wooden doors with large glass panes. The house number prominently displayed in transom. A pair of narrow windows are situated above the porch roof in a part of the front façade which is slightly recessed from the plane. Two brick chimneys are visible from one side of the house as is the cross-gable roof. An odd single course of fish-scale shingling is visible in the side gables. Windows on the side facades are quite narrow. An entrance on one side is at the top of a short flight of wood steps. The house is 3,230 square feet and has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. A series of exterior and interior photos can be seen at <a href="https://oldwestendva.com/details-sutherlin/142-sutherlin-photos/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">oldwestendva.com/details-sutherlin/142-sutherlin-photos/</a> Also used in researching is a description of the house at <a href="https://danvillehistory.org/houses-of-tours-past-from-south-main-to-sutherlin-avenue-118be77200f4" rel="noreferrer nofollow">danvillehistory.org/houses-of-tours-past-from-south-main-...</a> The residence is included in the 2015 National Register update to the Danville Historic District which was originally added to the register April 11, 1973 with reference ID #73002207. The original nomination form is totally inadequate and is located at <a href="https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_Danville_HD_1972_Final_NRHP_Nomination.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_...</a> The update is much more inclusive and may be found at <a href="https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_DanvilleHD_2015_NRHP_Update_FINAL_.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_...</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow"></a>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>
Boatwright-Moore House, Danville, Virginia 3 (This set contains 5 photos) This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by providing a link to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work. The 1897 Boatwright-Moore House in Danville, Virginia is more in the Queen Anne mode that Colonial Revival, which is given as the style in the National Register of Historic Places 2015 update to the Danville Historic District. The location is 142 Sutherlin Avenue. The asymmetrical front façade has several interesting details--a shingled, pedimented steep-pitched front gable with centrally located Palladian windows, a 2-story bay with narrow side windows and a large central window on each level and topped with a balustrade with square balusters, and a pointed semi-circular porch with a slight wrap-around feature and a gently sloping roof--but with no finial. The porch roof is supported by slender Doric columns on square piers; the railings are turned, and the entrance is double-leaf wooden doors with large glass panes. The house number prominently displayed in transom. A pair of narrow windows are situated above the porch roof in a part of the front façade which is slightly recessed from the plane. Two brick chimneys are visible from one side of the house as is the cross-gable roof. An odd single course of fish-scale shingling is visible in the side gables. Windows on the side facades are quite narrow. An entrance on one side is at the top of a short flight of wood steps. The house is 3,230 square feet and has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. A series of exterior and interior photos can be seen at <a href="https://oldwestendva.com/details-sutherlin/142-sutherlin-photos/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">oldwestendva.com/details-sutherlin/142-sutherlin-photos/</a> Also used in researching is a description of the house at <a href="https://danvillehistory.org/houses-of-tours-past-from-south-main-to-sutherlin-avenue-118be77200f4" rel="noreferrer nofollow">danvillehistory.org/houses-of-tours-past-from-south-main-...</a> The residence is included in the 2015 National Register update to the Danville Historic District which was originally added to the register April 11, 1973 with reference ID #73002207. The original nomination form is totally inadequate and is located at <a href="https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_Danville_HD_1972_Final_NRHP_Nomination.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_...</a> The update is much more inclusive and may be found at <a href="https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_DanvilleHD_2015_NRHP_Update_FINAL_.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_...</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow"></a>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>
Boatwright-Moore House, Danville, Virginia 4 (This set contains 5 photos) This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by providing a link to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work. The 1897 Boatwright-Moore House in Danville, Virginia is more in the Queen Anne mode that Colonial Revival, which is given as the style in the National Register of Historic Places 2015 update to the Danville Historic District. The location is 142 Sutherlin Avenue. The asymmetrical front façade has several interesting details--a shingled, pedimented steep-pitched front gable with centrally located Palladian windows, a 2-story bay with narrow side windows and a large central window on each level and topped with a balustrade with square balusters, and a pointed semi-circular porch with a slight wrap-around feature and a gently sloping roof--but with no finial. The porch roof is supported by slender Doric columns on square piers; the railings are turned, and the entrance is double-leaf wooden doors with large glass panes. The house number prominently displayed in transom. A pair of narrow windows are situated above the porch roof in a part of the front façade which is slightly recessed from the plane. Two brick chimneys are visible from one side of the house as is the cross-gable roof. An odd single course of fish-scale shingling is visible in the side gables. Windows on the side facades are quite narrow. An entrance on one side is at the top of a short flight of wood steps. The house is 3,230 square feet and has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. A series of exterior and interior photos can be seen at <a href="https://oldwestendva.com/details-sutherlin/142-sutherlin-photos/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">oldwestendva.com/details-sutherlin/142-sutherlin-photos/</a> Also used in researching is a description of the house at <a href="https://danvillehistory.org/houses-of-tours-past-from-south-main-to-sutherlin-avenue-118be77200f4" rel="noreferrer nofollow">danvillehistory.org/houses-of-tours-past-from-south-main-...</a> The residence is included in the 2015 National Register update to the Danville Historic District which was originally added to the register April 11, 1973 with reference ID #73002207. The original nomination form is totally inadequate and is located at <a href="https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_Danville_HD_1972_Final_NRHP_Nomination.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_...</a> The update is much more inclusive and may be found at <a href="https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_DanvilleHD_2015_NRHP_Update_FINAL_.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/108-0056_...</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow"></a>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>

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LADY ASTOR PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
PO BOX 3518
DANVILLE
VA
24543-3518

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MID # 8405100572
Name LADY ASTOR PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
Alternate Name
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 521600483
NTEECC A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 0
REVENUE 0
LAT/LONG 36.585994, -79.395415
CODES FIPS State Code: 51
FIPS County Code: 590
US Census Tract: 000500
US Census Block: 1029