{"nrhp_refnum":"02000363","name":"Mustoe House","other_names":["DHL file no. 03-76"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 2, Box 211","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hot Springs","county":"Bath County","state":"VA","lat":37.92135809100006,"lon":-79.89072217399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A log dwelling built in three connected sections on farmland near Carloover, Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia, dating from the early to mid-nineteenth century. It was built by the Mustoe family, with a log springhouse or meathouse and later additions on the site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a typical rural dwelling of the early to mid-nineteenth century in Bath County and one of only a few surviving log examples of what was once the most common building material in the area. Its evolution reflects the changing needs and growth of the Mustoe family, who owned it from 1813 to 1942. It qualifies under Criterion C for type, period and method of construction.","narrative":"This log dwelling sits among open farmland and forested hills near Carloover in Bath County, Virginia. It was built in three connected sections: a two-story front block with V-notched logs, a one-and-a-half-story log hyphen, and a rear one-and-a-half-story log building with half-dovetail notching. Twentieth-century frame additions, a garage and a barn completed in 2000 are also on the site, along with a small log springhouse or meathouse. The house was home to four generations of the Mustoe family, who owned the land from 1813 to 1942. Anthony Mustoe II began living on the tract after his 1803 marriage, and tax records suggest the two-story section was built around 1851 as the family prospered. Log construction was once the most common building type in this part of western Virginia, and few examples survive. The house was listed for its architecture as a representative rural dwelling whose changing form reflects the growth of its family.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1820-1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other/Log House","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently in domestic use as a single dwelling; the form also notes an antique store in the main building and an apartment in the new barn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.876255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/6797/41679710/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000363.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000363/3ad00c0b90-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000363/3ad00c0b90-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mustoe_House_from_southeast.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mustoe_House_from_southeast.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679710","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustoe_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712935"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/bath-county/mustoe-house-02000363/"}