{"nrhp_refnum":"01001520","name":"Blandome","other_names":["VDHR file no. 117-0027-0127"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 Tucker St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington (Independent City)","county":"Lexington","state":"VA","lat":37.78429035400006,"lon":-79.43853333199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-01-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Blandome is a two-story brick house at 101 Tucker Street in Lexington, Virginia, built about 1830 in the Federal-Greek Revival style and remodeled in the Italianate style about 1872. The property includes a seven-sided frame law office built in 1890, a ca. 1950 garage and a ca. 1920 ice chest.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is tied to people important to Lexington's educational life, including John Thomas Lewis Preston, law professor John Randolph Tucker and Eliza Bannister Walker. It is also linked to Harry Lee Walker and Eliza Walker, who contributed to Lexington's African American community in business, education and social work. It is also cited for the refinement of its Federal-Greek Revival and Italianate styling and its unusual septagonal law office.","narrative":"Blandome is a brick house on a hillside at 101 Tucker Street in Lexington, Virginia, overlooking the town center and the Washington & Lee and Virginia Military Institute campuses. Built about 1830 in Federal-Greek Revival style, it was remodeled about 1872 with a belvedere, bracketed cornice and decorative porches. Inside, a center-passage plan and a series of varied Federal mantels survive. A seven-sided frame law office, built in 1890, stands nearby along with a garage and an ice chest. The property is recognized for its associations with several people. John Thomas Lewis Preston lived there in the 1830s. Jurist and law professor John Randolph Tucker lived there and built the office. In 1917 it was bought by Harry Lee Walker, a Black businessman, whose wife Eliza Bannister Walker worked to improve Lexington's Black schools and to establish an orphanage and old folks home. Its architecture also supports its standing as a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1830-1941","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Retains good integrity; the main house remains a single dwelling and the law office and outbuildings survive, though the two-story rear porch has been lost.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.440252-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/6815/41681504/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/01001520.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001520/7385620690-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001520/7385620690-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blandome_from_the_north.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blandome_from_the_north.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001506","name":"Lexington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/lexington-historic-district-72001506/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681504","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blandome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16823541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lexington/blandome-01001520/"}