{"nrhp_refnum":"03000444","name":"Mirador (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["02-0100"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7459 Mirador Farm Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenwood","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.040236588000056,"lon":-78.75610829224874,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mirador is a country estate at the foot of the Blue Ridge in western Albemarle County, Virginia, centered on a two-story Flemish-bond brick house built about 1842. This boundary increase adds about 109 acres to a roughly 32-acre area listed in 1982, for a combined area of about 141 acres.","why_significant":"The nominated area adds the surrounding farm, gardens and outbuildings to the earlier listing. Its significance is tied to the Langhorne family, including C. D. Langhorne, and later owner Nancy Tree (Lancaster), who shaped the house and grounds. The estate also shows architectural change from the 1840s through the 1920s. The significance section in the supplied text is truncated, so the full argument is not available.","narrative":"Mirador is a country estate in western Albemarle County, Virginia, set at the foot of the Blue Ridge between US 250 and Interstate 64. The nominated boundary increase adds roughly 109 acres of pasture, gardens and farm buildings to an earlier 32-acre listing, for a combined area of about 141 acres. The main house is a two-story Flemish-bond brick residence built about 1842 for James M. Bowen, with Federal and Greek Revival details. It was enlarged by side wings around 1900 and by substantial rear additions in 1921, which included a circular stair hall and Colonial Revival detailing. Interiors include mantels brought from other Virginia houses. The grounds hold a serpentine brick walk, a sunken lawn, a ca. 1910 brick stable, 1920s dairy barn buildings, tenant and manager housing, a lower lake, and the Sam Black Tavern, a log building believed to date to 1769 and moved from a neighboring farm. Later owners, including the Langhorne family and Nancy Tree, shaped the property's evolution.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival; Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling with farm and garden functions. The Cottage was being rehabilitated at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.866343-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/6793/41679371/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03000444.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000444/31e54eb846-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000444/31e54eb846-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Frances Benjamin Johnston","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mirador_Greenwood_Albemarle_County_Virginia_by_Frances_Benjamin_Johnston_1926.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Frances Benjamin Johnston</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mirador_Greenwood_Albemarle_County_Virginia_by_Frances_Benjamin_Johnston_1926.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"11000258","name":"Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/greenwood-afton-rural-historic-district-11000258/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679371","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirador_(Greenwood,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6872530"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/mirador-boundary-increase-03000444/"}