Archival Boxes to Newsome House
Jefferson Lab’s Archives and Record Specialist Melissa Erlandson, left, talks with Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center’s Museum Assistant Tad Williams, right, inside the museum’s archives in Newport News, Va. Jefferson Lab gifted approximately 44 archival boxes to the Newsome House on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
The restored Victorian landmark is a historic fixture in the city, serving not only as a museum to prominent African-American attorney J. Thomas Newsome and his wife Mary Winfield Newsome’s accomplishments, but as a venue for exhibitions, special events, and community functions. It was the first structure owned by an African-American to receive a National Historic Preservation Award.
Archival Boxes to Newsome House
Jefferson Lab’s Archives and Record Specialist Melissa Erlandson, left, talks with Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center’s Museum Assistant Tad Williams, right, inside the museum’s archives in Newport News, Va. Jefferson Lab gifted approximately 44 archival boxes to the Newsome House on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
The restored Victorian landmark is a historic fixture in the city, serving not only as a museum to prominent African-American attorney J. Thomas Newsome and his wife Mary Winfield Newsome’s accomplishments, but as a venue for exhibitions, special events, and community functions. It was the first structure owned by an African-American to receive a National Historic Preservation Award.