{"nrhp_refnum":"00000313","name":"Lawrenceville Historic District (Additional Documentation)","other_names":["Lawrenceville Historic District","251-5001"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by West 6th Ave., Maria St., Lawrenceville townline, Rose Cr., and Thomas St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lawrenceville","county":"Brunswick County","state":"VA","lat":36.75689759900004,"lon":-77.84599636102371,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering a large part of the incorporated town of Lawrenceville, the county seat of Brunswick County, Virginia. It includes the courthouse square, commercial blocks on Main and Hicks streets, residential streets, a college campus, churches, schools, recreation facilities and a former railroad yard.","why_significant":"The district is argued to reflect the town's growth from 1784 to 1949, especially the prosperity brought by the Atlantic and Danville Railroad in 1891 and the founding of St. Paul's College in 1888. It is also significant for its well preserved late 19th and early 20th century buildings in many styles, and for archaeological evidence of the railroad yard, shops, turntable and roundhouse.","narrative":"Lawrenceville, the seat of Brunswick County, Virginia, is represented by a historic district that takes in its courthouse square, downtown commercial blocks, residential streets, a college campus and a former railroad yard. The town grew around a crossing of colonial stage roads, and the county seat was placed there in 1781. Its greatest growth followed the arrival of the Atlantic and Danville Railroad in 1891, which brought new stores, banks and workers' housing. St. Paul's College, founded in 1888 by James Solomon Russell, a former slave and Episcopal minister, anchors the district's education and ethnic heritage themes. New Deal work in 1934-35 added a baseball stadium and swimming pool. The buildings span Federal, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Craftsman styles. Archaeological work has revealed subsurface remains of the railroad yard, shops, turntable and roundhouse. The district's period of significance runs from 1784 to 1949.","period_of_significance":"1784-1949","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, American Four-Square, Moderne and other styles","criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Most resources remain in use, though many upper floors of downtown commercial buildings are unoccupied. The railroad passenger station and freight depot have been demolished, and only the car repair shed survives from the railyard.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.113351-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/6798/41679871/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/00000313.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000313/0a1ec66d9f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000313/0a1ec66d9f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LAWRENCEVILLE_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_BRUNSWICK_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LAWRENCEVILLE_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_BRUNSWICK_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679871","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrenceville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712692"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/brunswick-county/lawrenceville-historic-district-additional-documentation-00000313/"}