{"nrhp_refnum":"01001572","name":"Felts, Gordon C., House","other_names":["113-5002"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"404 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galax (Independent City)","county":"Galax","state":"VA","lat":36.665029469000046,"lon":-80.92818596399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Spanish Revival house at 404 North Main Street in downtown Galax, Virginia, completed in 1930 and designed by the Bluefield, West Virginia firm of Garry and Sheffey. The property also includes a garage with apartment and a relocated children's playhouse.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant under Criterion C as a remarkable example of the work of the architectural firm Garry and Sheffey. It is also an example of the Spanish Revival style, which was rarely used in mountainous Southwestern Virginia. Its original client, Thomas L. Felts, head of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, and its very high cost for Galax add local interest.","narrative":"Completed in 1930 on a one-and-a-half-acre lot at 404 North Main Street in Galax, this large Spanish Revival house was built for Gordon and Alice Felts, with funding from his father, Thomas L. Felts, head of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency. The Bluefield, West Virginia firm of Garry and Sheffey designed it with stucco-covered brick walls, an S-shaped terra cotta tile roof, steel casement windows, painted ceramic tile accents, a bluestone terrace with a pergola on Doric columns, and an enclosed sleeping porch. Inside, walnut trim, false beams and a tile galleon mosaic over the living room fireplace survive. A garage with staff apartment and a child-sized playhouse moved from the family's earlier estate also contribute. The house cost $80,000 at a time when local median income was about $6,000. It is valued as work of a talented architectural firm and as a rare example of Spanish Revival design in Southwestern Virginia.","period_of_significance":"1930-1949","architect_builder":"Martin F. Garry, AIA; Alexander Joseph Sheffey, AIA (Garry and Sheffey)","architectural_style":"Spanish Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; a 1980s medical office addition is attached to the garage, and the form describes the house's integrity as remarkably intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.193341-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/6808/41680877/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/01001572.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001572/3c14d1e980-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001572/3c14d1e980-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ceh2624","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FeltsHouseGalaxVA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceh2624</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:FeltsHouseGalaxVA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680877","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_C._Felts_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712380"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/galax/felts-gordon-c-house-01001572/"}