{"nrhp_refnum":"02001448","name":"Spring Hill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11221 Carriage Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Providence Forge","county":"New Kent County","state":"VA","lat":37.434375997000046,"lon":-76.99561668015127,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Spring Hill is a one-and-one-half-story, timber-frame Federal-style house at 11221 Carriage Road in Providence Forge, New Kent County, Virginia, believed to have been built around 1782 for Richard Croshaw Graves, with a 1947 addition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its architecture as a well-preserved example of a late eighteenth-century Federal-style, center-hall-plan frame dwelling. It retains original woodwork, framing and masonry, and the 1947 addition is described as complementary to the original. It also has a documented history as a tavern and race course run by the Graves family on the old Richmond-Williamsburg road.","narrative":"Spring Hill is a timber-frame house of one and one-half stories on Carriage Road near Providence Forge, New Kent County, Virginia. It is believed to have been built around 1782 for Richard Croshaw Graves, whose family held the land from an inherited 906-acre tract. The five-bay Federal-style house has a center-hall plan, a brick foundation with a full English basement, beaded weatherboard siding, a wood shingle roof and large brick end chimneys. Original chair rails, wainscot, baseboards, heart pine floors and plaster walls survive inside. A 1947 addition was built on the northeast side and is described as matching the original in materials, form and detail. A smokehouse, probably built soon after the house, also contributes to the property. The house stood on the old road between Richmond and Williamsburg and served as a tavern, with a race course and stables, in the late eighteenth century. It is significant for its architecture and its well-preserved construction details, and today it serves as a private residence.","period_of_significance":"c. 1782-1952","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently a private residence; the form also lists a restaurant among current functions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.503431-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/6820/41682036/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02001448.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001448/f9e7d532af-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001448/f9e7d532af-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jjmusgrove","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_Hill.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jjmusgrove</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:Spring_Hill.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682036","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Hill_(Providence_Forge,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713237"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/new-kent-county/spring-hill-02001448/"}