{"nrhp_refnum":"03000212","name":"Stony Creek Plantation","other_names":["Shell House","026-0092"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 624","address_restricted":false,"city":"De Witt","county":"Dinwiddie County","state":"VA","lat":37.09257073650005,"lon":-77.65833299457827,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A T-shaped wood-frame plantation house on Route 624 near De Witt, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. The older story-and-a-half section dates to about 1750, and a two-story section was added in 1872.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the older section is one of the oldest houses in Dinwiddie County and a rare surviving mid-18th-century dwelling. Its massive Flemish-bond chimneys, closed-string stair with turned balusters, and foliated H-L hinges are described as important for studying colonial architecture. A sealed original dormer with fanned wooden shingles survives under the 1872 roof.","narrative":"Stony Creek Plantation is a T-shaped wood-frame house near De Witt in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Its oldest part, a story-and-a-half center-hall dwelling presumed begun about 1750, is considered one of the county's oldest houses. A two-story section was added in 1872. The early portion keeps a double-shouldered Flemish-bond chimney, a closed-string stair with turned balusters and a molded rail, original paneled shutters, and second-floor doors with foliated H-L hinges. Most unusual is the original center dormer, now enclosed beneath the 1872 roof, where round-end wooden shingles still sweep across the valley with the main roof. Scholars from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and Colonial Williamsburg regard these details as valuable evidence of colonial craftsmanship. The land passed from Thomas Scott, who likely built the first section and ran a nearby mill, through several owners to the Roney and Shell families, whose descendants still hold it. The property was recognized for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1750-1950","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form notes it remains owned by descendants of the 1860s owners.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.040723-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/6804/41680403/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03000212.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000212/3a02338324-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000212/3a02338324-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stony_Creek_Plantation_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stony_Creek_Plantation_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680403","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Creek_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713260"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/dinwiddie-county/stony-creek-plantation-03000212/"}