Patsy Cline House - Wikipedia

Historic house in Virginia, United States United States historic place

Patsy Cline Historic House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
U.S. National Historic Landmark
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Location	608 S. Kent St., Winchester, Virginia
Coordinates	39°10′41″N 78°9′53″W / 39.17806°N 78.16472°W / 39.17806; -78.16472
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	05001230[1]
VLR No.	138-0042-0584
NHL No.	100006248
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 8, 2005
Designated VLR	September 14, 2005[2]
Designated NHL	January 13, 2021[3]

The Patsy Cline Historic House at 608 S. Kent St., in a working-class neighborhood of Winchester, Virginia was the home from 1948 to 1953 of Virginia Patterson Hensley, who later became the country music star known as Patsy Cline. She moved out of the house when she got married at the age of 21 to Gerald Cline, but returned intermittently afterwards.[4] The house was placed on both the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, and a Virginia State Historical Marker was placed there about the same time.[5] The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021.[3]

History

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Patsy's mother, Hilda Hensley, moved into the small house with her three children after separating from her husband and worked as a seamstress. At first she rented the house, but later bought it. In order to help support the family, Patsy left school at age 16 working as a waitress, soda jerk and in similar jobs and later began singing. She first sang on Joltin' Jim McCoy's Sunday morning show on radio station WINC in Winchester. Her mother sewed her first stage costumes in the house. Gospel singer Wally Fowler, who led the Oak Ridge Quartet, was impressed by her singing, and came to the house in an attempt to start Patsy's professional singing career.[4]

The house is a simple two-story, three-bay building with a front porch and a tin roof and about 1,000 square feet (93 m2) of space. The sole bedroom is on the second story and all four members of Patsy's family slept there. The house is a log cabin built in the mid-19th century. Almost all the logs are covered by walls, however, except for a small area covered by Plexiglas by the front door.[6] Charlie Dick, who was Patsy's second husband and had lived in Winchester, remarked in the early 2000s that the house and the neighborhood had not changed since Patsy lived there.[4] The house is now owned by a non-profit organization, Celebrating Patsy Cline, Inc., which spent about $100,000 to renovate it into a museum. The renovations included adding central heating and air conditioning. The museum opened in 2011.[6]

Patsy Cline is buried a few miles south of the house in Shenandoah Memorial Park.[5]

References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
3. ^ a b "Weekly List 2021 01 29". National Park Service. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
4. ^ a b c "Patsy Cline House, Winchester, VA". Women's History Month. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
5. ^ a b Lowe, Frances. "Where Cline became country's queen". Highway to History. Winchester Star. Retrieved February 11, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
6. ^ a b O'Dell, Larry (2011). "Patsy Cline's restored house opening in Va". Associated Press. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

External links

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Media related to Patsy Cline House at Wikimedia Commons

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v t e Patsy Cline
Discography Posthumous discography Songs
Studio albums	Patsy Cline Showcase Sentimentally Yours A Portrait of Patsy Cline Always
Live albums	Live at the Opry Live at the Cimarron Ballroom
Soundtracks	Sweet Dreams
Compilation albums	Patsy Cline's Golden Hits The Patsy Cline Story That's How a Heartache Begins Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits Here's Patsy Cline The Country Hall of Fame – Patsy Cline Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves Today, Tomorrow, and Forever Heartaches Stop, Look, & Listen Songwriter's Tribute Faded Love The Last Sessions The Ultimate Collection (1998) The Ultimate Collection (2000) The Definitive Collection
Extended plays	Songs by Patsy Cline Patsy Cline (1957) Patsy Cline (1961) Patsy Cline (1962) She's Got You So Wrong/You're Stronger Than Me
Film, TV and other tributes	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts I Remember Patsy Coal Miner's Daughter Sweet Dreams Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story You Know They Got a Hell of a Band PC: The Songs of Patsy Cline Remembering Patsy Cline Patsy & Loretta Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust
Related people and acts	Charlie Dick Connie B. Gay Owen Bradley Faron Young Loretta Lynn Dottie West Jan Howard Brenda Lee
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