{"nrhp_refnum":"00000025","name":"Hawthorne Hall","other_names":["DHR file no. 11-37"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1527 Hawthorne Hall Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fincastle","county":"Botetourt County","state":"VA","lat":37.525067242000034,"lon":-79.89173916199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-01-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story, five-bay Federal-style brick farmhouse with a one-story brick kitchen wing, built in 1824 on Hawthorne Hall Road near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. It sits within a landscaped yard of about 1.19 acres on a farm of roughly 179 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of Botetourt County's most interesting Federal-style houses, with an unusual plan, refined woodwork and excellent architectural integrity. It illustrates architectural trends adopted by local builders for well-to-do property owners in the early nineteenth century. Research also revised a local tradition by showing it was built in 1824 for Robert Harvey and his widowed daughter Mary Harvey Trigg.","narrative":"Hawthorne Hall is a brick farmhouse near Fincastle in Botetourt County, Virginia, completed in 1824 for Robert Harvey and his widowed daughter, Mary Harvey Trigg. Despite a modest one-and-a-half-story profile, it has a five-bay front of handmade brick laid in Flemish bond, a fan-transomed entrance with sidelights, and a double-pile, center-passage plan with an unusual transverse passage leading to a kitchen wing. Inside, Federal-style mantels, built-in presses, reeded and fluted moldings, and an open-well stair show careful craftsmanship. Local tradition once dated the house to the 1790s as a dowry gift, but land, tax and census records point to 1824. Harvey was an early iron master, militia colonel and state delegate, and the house suited his standing. The property was listed for its architecture as one of the county's most interesting Federal-style houses, retaining excellent integrity after a 1970s restoration. A 1989 pool and pool house are noncontributing.","period_of_significance":"1824","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; restored in the 1970s, with a swimming pool and pool house added in 1989.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.804722-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/6798/41679806/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/00000025.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000025/9ba039105b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000025/9ba039105b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawthorne_Hall_from_southwest.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawthorne_Hall_from_southwest.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679806","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712512"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/botetourt-county/hawthorne-hall-00000025/"}