Pannell’s Inn stood at 613 N. Augusta Street in Staunton, Virginia, as a beacon of hospitality in the local African American community during segregation. The three-story Victorian house with gingerbread trim and expansive porches was originally purchased in 1897 by Staunton’s first African American physician, Dr. Morris W. Pannell, and his wife Charlotte as their home and office. The property later passed to their daughter, Placid, and her husband, Frank Allen Evans, a World War I veteran, who established a boarding house or tourist home known as Pannell’s Inn. Between the 1930s and 1960s, it provided room, board, and bath for “Colored Tourists and Chauffeurs” and was listed in the Negro Travelers’ Green Book, which guided African American travelers to welcoming businesses during the segregation era. Its guests ranged from migrant apple pickers to the Mills Brothers jazz quartet, the first African American artists to have their own show on national network radio in 1930. The inn also served as a center of community life: Placid Evans, a beautician and music teacher, gave piano lessons and shared her musical talents at nearby Mt. Zion Baptist Church, while Frank Evans operated a barber shop at the back of the property that served locals and travelers, and that building still stands at 512 N. New Street. By 1977, the house was owned by the Evanses’ goddaughter, Placid Jean Parker of Buffalo, Ny, who decided to demolish it because extensive maintenance and repairs made it unsustainable, also partly under pressure from urban renewal efforts that had reshaped Staunton in the 1960s. During demolition, an earlier structure was uncovered beneath the clapboard siding and elaborate porch: hand-hewn oak and chestnut logs. Architectural historian William T. Frazier noted that the V-notching of the whitewashed logs, mud mortar reinforced with pig bristles, and ax marks on beams and joists indicated the cabin was probably built before 1840. Sanborn Insurance Maps show expansions between 1891 and 1909, suggesting the Victorian covering and additions may date to that period. The original log structure ran the length of the building along Augusta Street, and as one of the few remaining 19th century log buildings in the city, it illustrated the evolution of architectural styles through the 19th century. Parts of the house survived after demolition when the original flooring and ceiling logs were sold to a private buyer in Washington, DC.