{"nrhp_refnum":"02000525","name":"Grove, The","other_names":["Vdhr 095-0021","The Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol--Washington..."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14071 Lee Hwy","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bristol","county":"Washington County","state":"VA","lat":36.64019881000007,"lon":-82.11073435799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Greek Revival house of about 4,500 square feet on a 4.16-acre site off Lee Highway in Washington County, Virginia, just northeast of Bristol. Colonel John Preston built it in 1857 as his retirement home on the Walnut Grove Plantation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a significant local example of Greek Revival architecture under Criterion C. Its form, detailing and materials show the level of architectural sophistication and craftsmanship in southwestern Virginia. It combines Greek Revival massing with Italianate details, especially on the front porch, which suggests the builder followed current architectural trends.","narrative":"Set on a knoll off Lee Highway just northeast of Bristol, The Grove is a brick Greek Revival house of roughly 4,500 square feet. Colonel John Preston, a longtime presiding judge of Washington County, built it in 1857 as his retirement home. It was the second manor house on the Walnut Grove Plantation, which his father, the county's first surveyor, had established. The house has a low roofline, deep eaves, a three-bay main block, a two-story porch with Italianate details, and a one-story kitchen wing. Inside are a central hall with a curving grand stair, high ceilings, eight fireplaces and heart pine floors. The Preston family kept the property until 1972, after which it stood empty and suffered vandalism. A children's advocacy center bought it in 2000 and began rehabilitating it as offices. It was listed for its architectural distinction at the local level, as an example of Greek Revival design in southwestern Virginia.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1857-1864","architect_builder":"Preston, John","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Abandoned in 1972 and vandalized until 2000; at the time of the form it was being rehabilitated for use as offices of a children's advocacy center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.897826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/6840/41684047/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000525.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000525/6ca8f61fcf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000525/6ca8f61fcf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_GROVE,_WASHINGTON_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_GROVE,_WASHINGTON_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684047","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grove_(Bristol,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891914"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/washington-county/grove-the-02000525/"}