{"nrhp_refnum":"03000447","name":"Gunnell, William, House","other_names":["Gunnell's Run","029-109"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"600 Insbruck Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Great Falls","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":39.00401030250006,"lon":-77.28453198331101,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story frame dwelling on a ten-acre parcel at 600 Innsbruck Avenue in Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia. Its oldest section may date to about 1750, with a late-18th-century addition and 1930s Colonial Revival restoration and additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare surviving up-country Potomac River Valley manor house spanning rural life from Lord Fairfax's era to the early twentieth century. It is associated with William Gunnell III, a Virginia delegate, justice and sheriff. It also exemplifies Colonial Revival preservation philosophy in its 1930s rescue and restoration by Grace and Rixey Smith.","narrative":"This 1½-story frame house in Great Falls, Virginia, sits on a ten-acre parcel that was farmland throughout its long history. The earliest section, a hall-and-parlor dwelling of half-timbered construction with brick infill, was probably built around 1750 during Lord Fairfax's ownership. After William Gunnell III and his wife acquired the property in 1791, a large addition more than doubled the house to suit their growing family. Gunnell served in the Virginia House of Delegates and as a county justice and sheriff. By 1933 the house was badly deteriorated. Grace and Rixey Smith then restored it in the Colonial Revival manner, adding dormers, weatherboarding, gardens, a pool and discreet rear additions, including a relocated log tavern now used as a dining room. A log outbuilding from about 1770 remains behind the house. The property was listed for its architecture and its link to Gunnell, with significance running from about 1750 to 1935.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1750-1935","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial / Postmedieval English; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently a single dwelling with a professional studio in a secondary structure; restored in the 1930s after being found in gravely deteriorated condition in 1933.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.580029-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/6805/41680521/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03000447.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000447/be2ad173a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000447/be2ad173a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_GUNNELL_HOUSE0300.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:WILLIAM_GUNNELL_HOUSE0300.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680521","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gunnell_House_(Great_Falls,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713534"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/gunnell-william-house-03000447/"}