{"nrhp_refnum":"00000895","name":"Irvington","other_names":["051-5003","Carters Creek"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"King Carter Drive and Irvington Road","address_restricted":false,"city":"Irvington","county":"Lancaster County","state":"VA","lat":37.65904605150007,"lon":-76.4261723095895,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the village of Irvington and West Irvington on two peninsulas at Carters Creek and the Eastern Branch near the Rappahannock River in Lancaster County, Virginia. It is mostly residential, with some commercial buildings, and dates from about 1740 to 1947.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant as a residential and commercial community that grew because of its location on the Rappahannock's waterways. It developed around Lancaster County's most prominent steamboat wharf and became a seafood production centre. It is also significant for its architecture, which ranges from Colonial and Greek Revival to Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Craftsman.","narrative":"Irvington is a waterside village in southern Lancaster County, Virginia, spread across two peninsulas between Carters Creek, the Eastern Branch and the Rappahannock River. The historic district takes in the village proper, which is more commercial, and West Irvington, which holds most of the houses and a few seafood-related buildings. The oldest dwelling is Wilder's Grant, built about 1740. Most other buildings are wood-frame houses from the 1840s through the mid-20th century, showing Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and bungalow styles. Some houses were built from prefabricated materials made in Baltimore and shipped by steamboat. The community began as a steamboat wharf known as Carters Creek and was renamed Irvington in 1891. Roads were poor, so travel long depended on boats, and paved links to nearby towns came only in the early 20th century. The district is recognized for its maritime and community development history and for its architecture, with a period of significance from about 1740 to 1947.","period_of_significance":"1740-1947","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial; Greek Revival; Gothic Revival; Italianate; Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Classical Revival; Commercial style; Bungalow/Craftsman; Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Largely residential and commercial community still in use as homes, a hotel, businesses and other uses; about 22 percent of its buildings date from the past five decades.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.098569-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/6814/41681481/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/00000895.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000895/779aac0b21-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000895/779aac0b21-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irvington_houses-turned-businesses.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irvington_houses-turned-businesses.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681481","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvington,_Virginia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373509"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lancaster-county/irvington-00000895/"}