{"nrhp_refnum":"02000621","name":"Taylor Springs","other_names":["Taylor Springs Mill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3712 Taylor Spring Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrisonburg","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.39420190200008,"lon":-78.83846554799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Valley I-house on a three-acre parcel at Massanetta Springs and Taylor Springs roads near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. It dates from the mid-nineteenth century (ca. 1850) and received a sympathetic addition in 1940.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a prime example of a mid-nineteenth-century Valley farmhouse with Late Federal and Greek Revival characteristics. Its 1940 addition, designed to match the original character, keeps the building's integrity. The house appears to have been the miller's house for the former Taylor Springs Mill and reflects the Valley's wheat and milling economy.","narrative":"Taylor Springs is a two-story, gable-roofed brick I-house on a three-acre lot east of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County. Built around 1850, it has a five-bay facade, end chimneys with corbelled caps, a stepped brick cornice and an unusual six-course common bond brickwork pattern. Its form reflects Late Federal design, while plain woodwork, simple mantels and two-panel doors show the growing influence of Greek Revival taste. A one-story brick wing added in 1940, designed by architect Joe Nielsen and built by his firm, copies the original masonry, windows and roof so closely that it blends with the older house. Outbuildings include a 1940 limestone springhouse and a frame building that may once have been a kitchen or office. The property was bisected by Congers Creek, where Taylor Springs Mill once operated, and the house appears to have been the miller's residence. The property is significant for its architecture and its link to the Valley's wheat-milling economy.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850-1940","architect_builder":"Joe Nielson, architect of 1940 addition (Nielsen Construction of Harrisonburg built the addition)","architectural_style":"Late Federal, Greek Revival (mid-19th century)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling with secondary outbuildings; the mill is long demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.270432-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/6834/41683467/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000621.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000621/f4be7b0b19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000621/f4be7b0b19-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taylor_Springs_house_rear.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taylor_Springs_house_rear.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683467","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Springs_(Harrisonburg,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16901333"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/taylor-springs-02000621/"}