{"nrhp_refnum":"03000453","name":"Saegmuller House","other_names":["DHR File No. 000-0020"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5101 Little Falls Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.906075550000025,"lon":-77.13987063999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story stuccoed dwelling at 5101 Little Falls Road in northwestern Arlington County, Virginia, built likely between 1925 and 1927 on land once part of the Saegmuller family holdings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare, well-preserved example of a Prairie-style-influenced residence under Criterion C for architecture. It is also a rare surviving example of high-style domestic architecture in a formerly rural setting. The house is tied to the Saegmuller family, prominent local landowners and dairy operators.","narrative":"Standing at 5101 Little Falls Road in northwestern Arlington County, this two-and-one-half-story house was built in the mid-1920s and shows strong Prairie-style influence. It has a central-hall plan, a pyramidal roof with deep overhanging eaves, stucco walls with decorative wood half-timbering and a belt course, and a front porch with heavy stuccoed piers and a central gable. Inside, the original floorplan survives, along with pocket doors, plasterwork, built-in cabinetry, and a wooden staircase. The house sits on a lot of about one-third of an acre, subdivided in 2000 from land that once covered roughly 240 acres owned by the Saegmuller family. The family, led by engineer and county official George Nicholas Saegmuller, ran the nearby Reserve Hill Farm, where his sons operated a dairy from 1926. The house was listed for its architecture. It is considered a rare, well-preserved example of high-style design in what was once a rural setting, and its integrity remains high.","period_of_significance":"1925-1927","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th century American movements (Prairie-style-influenced)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent condition, little altered since the mid-1920s, and maintained as a private single-family residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.80027-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/6795/41679574/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03000453.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000453/5b30859edb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000453/5b30859edb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Slowking4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saegmuller-house.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Slowking4</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:Saegmuller-house.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679574","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saegmuller_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713168"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/saegmuller-house-03000453/"}