Chase House

According to an article in the December 2, 1998 Dickenson Star/Cumberland Times, the Dickenson Co. Board of Supervisors planned to purchase the Roland E. Chase home in downtown Clintwood in early January. The Chase home, built around 1904, was reported to be the first brick home in Dickenson County. Chase served in the Virginia State Senate from 1908 to 1911. Chase was also the president of the first bank organized in the county, the Clintwood Bank in 1902. Roland Chase purchased the property from John P. Chase in 1902. In 1936, ownership passed to Walter Lee Rush. A 1949 deed records the property owners as Sarah Kate Chase, Ruth Chase, and Jerry T. Chase. In the 1950's, Mrs. Carrie Mullins operated a boarding house and cafeteria at the residence. Since there wasn't a cafeteria at the high school at this time, many of the students ate lunch at the old Chase home. In 1974, the property was sold to Ross C. and Judy Miller and was used to house the Miller's funeral business, the Miller Funeral Home. The County's plans for the home are uncertain according to this news article, however, Clintwood Mayor Baker has offered to work with the County to restore the structure.

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