What is "fairlawn"

Fairlawn may refer to:

Places in the United States (by state)

• Fairlawn, Florida
• Fairlawn (Lexington, Kentucky), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Kentucky
• Fairlawn, Massachusetts
• Fairlawn (Worcester, Massachusetts), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Fairlawn, Nevada
• Fairlawn, Ohio
• Fairlawn, Pennsylvania
• Fairlawn, Rhode Island
• Fairlawn, Pulaski County, Virginia
• Fairlawn, Covington, Virginia, a neighborhood in the independent city of Covington, Virginia
• Fairlawn (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Fairlawn is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE (between Pennsylvania Avenue SE and Naylor Road SE), Naylor Road SE (between Minnesota Avenue SE Good Hope Road SE), and Good Hope Road SE.

Fairlawn is located at (38.8709456, -76.9788641), at an elevation of 26 feet (8 metres).

Fairlawn is a historic mansion at 189 May Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is now part of the main building of the Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital. The mansion (and the accompanying estate) were the property of James Norcross, a nationally prominent builder whose Norcross Brothers firm was engaged in construction projects involving famous architects, including H. H. Richardson and McKim, Mead & White. The Norcross brothers were also locally prominent, building a number of Worcester landmarks and operating a factory in the city which produced architectural parts.

James Norcross moved to Worcester in 1868, and assembled of land along May Street beginning in 1890. In 1893 he built the estate house, a brown sandstone building 2.5 stories high, measuring by . Stylistically, the house is sui generis, although it has a number of architectural elements that were popular in the revival styles of the time. The front facade's main feature is a round bay, rising three full stories to a cupola, which is surrounded by a single story porch supported by slender round columns. A similar bay is centered on the rear facade, although it lacks the cupola. Each of the building's four corners has a rounded bay section rising three floors which is topped by a shed roof.

Norcross lived in the house until his death in 1903, and it remained in his family until 1922, when the estate was sold to the Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital. The hospital built additions to the house on each side (one c. 1951, the other in 1970), both built of brick. They are connected to the main house by narrow corridor sections, and do not detract from the main house's style. There is a stable behind the house which was likely also built by Norcross.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.