{"nrhp_refnum":"02000597","name":"Morven","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3918 Leeds Manor Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Markham","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.87178783150006,"lon":-78.00387015472336,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Morven is a 50-acre farm property with a Federal-style dwelling house on Leeds Manor Road near Markham, Fauquier County, Virginia. The dwelling grew from several separate houses built between about 1820 and 1844, with a rear addition made by 1954.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Morven is significant under Criterion C for architecture, with a period of significance of 1820-1844. Its cross plan of four gable-roofed houses built in log, frame and stone around an open courtyard is described as unusual for Fauquier County and apparently for Virginia. The house also shows the shift from vernacular Federal-style building to more elaborate late Federal detail.","narrative":"Morven is a 50-acre farm in the rolling Piedmont foothills of northwestern Fauquier County, with a dwelling house on a hillside overlooking Leeds Manor Road. Its plan is unusual. Four one- and two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed houses were built in sequence at right angles to one another, forming a cross around an open courtyard. A late eighteenth-century log cabin came first, followed by a frame house around 1820, a stone parlor wing between 1834 and 1838, and a stone north wing by 1844. The walls were later stuccoed. In 1954 architect Washington Reed added a two-story kitchen, dining room and bedroom wing that filled the courtyard and replaced the cabin, yet the cross plan remains readable. Federal details include an elliptical transom and fluted architraves, mixed with vernacular touches such as thin modillions and a picket-like frieze. A stone summer kitchen and smokehouse survive. The property was listed for its architecture, with a period of significance from 1820 to 1844.","period_of_significance":"1820-1844","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic - Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with a stone summer kitchen, smokehouse and agricultural field; the 1954 rear wing by architect Washington Reed filled the courtyard.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.919355-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/6806/41680603/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000597.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000597/09d4f95315-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000597/09d4f95315-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MORVEN,_MARKHAM,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:MORVEN,_MARKHAM,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07001138","name":"Marshall's, John, Leeds Manor Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/marshalls-john-leeds-manor-rural-historic-district-07001138/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680603","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morven_(Markham,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712895"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/morven-02000597/"}