THE JOHN JAMES WESTBROOK JR SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY

DANVILLE, VA

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

The John James Westbrook Jr Society of Natural History is a non-profit organization based in Danville, Virginia. Dedicated to environmental conservation and education, the society was founded in 1998 and named after John James Westbrook Jr, a local businessman and philanthropist who was passionate about preserving natural habitats and promoting environmental awareness.

The society operates a natural history museum, which houses a collection of specimens and exhibits related to the flora and fauna of the Dan River region. The museum also features interactive displays and educational programs for visitors of all ages.

In addition to its museum, the society organizes a variety of events and activities throughout the year, including nature hikes, bird-watching trips, and educational seminars. Members of the society are involved in local conservation efforts, working to protect natural habitats and preserve endangered species.

The John James Westbrook Jr Society of Natural History is committed to promoting environmental stewardship and educating the public about the importance of preserving our natural world. Through its museum, events, and conservation efforts, the society is making a positive impact on the Danville community and beyond.

THE JOHN JAMES WESTBROOK JR SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY is a Natural History & Natural Science Museum in DANVILLE VA. US MID #8405100707

The museum is classed as NAT (Natural History & Natural Science Museums). 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).

old building at former Whitmell School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Virginia Historical Marker - Whitmell School in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

vintage Golden Skillet in Pittsylvania County, Virginia near Danville

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 &quot;butterfly house&quot; with very cooperative models. One of the personnel identified this as a White Peacock Butterfly. I should have asked about the plant.

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In a window of a Danville, Virginia wig shop.

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old house and attached store in Pittsylvania County, Virginia the store was formerly &quot;Ben and Bella's&quot;

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
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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>

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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>

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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>

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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>

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THE JOHN JAMES WESTBROOK JR SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY
PO BOX 231
DANVILLE
VA
24543

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MID #	8405100707
Name	THE JOHN JAMES WESTBROOK JR SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY
Alternate Name
Classification	Natural History & Natural Science Museums, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	541478682
NTEECC
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