417 Beta St

From the National Register nomination

One-story single-family dwelling of vinyl-sided frame construction, with a patged foundation, asphalt-shingled gable roof, and a gabled side-facing dormer. Features of the house include a single-leaf entry door, 2/2 double-hung wood sash, and a one-story, partially enclosed porch with turned wood post supports. Two shed wings extend from the east side of the house. The small residential yard is fenced with chain-link, and features brick-pier gate posts marking the location of a poured concrete walk that leads to the front steps. A smaller poured-concrete walk extends around the house's side yard. Dr. Lindsey B. Goodall (1861-1950) was born in Keswick, Virginia and graduated from the Andover Newton Theological College of Divinity in Newton, Ma. He pastored churches in Connecticut, Rhode Island, West Virginia, and elsewhere in Virginia before accepting the charge of Shiloh Baptist Church in 1913, where he remained until 1920. Goodall was a leader in the efforts that led to the construction of the Rosenwald School in the 1920s. Bertha Solomon Goodall (1890-1975) was a hairdresser and practical nurse. According to "Waynesboro's Black Community," Mrs. Goodall "could be seen daily, with her 'little black bag' going to the homes of prominent Waynesboro ladies to wash and style their hair." According to the Goodalls' daughter Hariette G. Hankins, her parents hired Jake Fuller to build their house. (Harriette G. Hankins personal communication; Clark et al, "Waynesboro's Black Community," 38C, 67; Crawley, Souvenir Booklet... Shiloh Baptist Church.)