{"nrhp_refnum":"03000455","name":"Crossman, George, House","other_names":["DHR File No. 000-8826"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2501 N. Underwood St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.892154326000025,"lon":-77.16092005799999,"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-story frame Late Victorian vernacular farmhouse at 2501 North Underwood Street in the East Falls Church area of northwestern Arlington County, Virginia, built in 1892 by dairy farmer George Grant Crossman.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a well-preserved example of a vernacular dwelling that typifies Arlington County's rural and agricultural origins. It is one of the few remaining late-19th century dwellings in the county and one of only two known residences originally part of a working dairy farm. It stayed in the Crossman family for 62 years across three generations.","narrative":"Built in 1892 by dairy farmer George Grant Crossman, this two-story frame farmhouse at 2501 North Underwood Street in Arlington County, Virginia, is a Late Victorian vernacular dwelling with a T-shaped plan and cross-gable roof. It rests on a fieldstone foundation and is clad in weatherboards and wood shingles. Notable features include a wraparound porch with turned posts, decorative bargeboards with a cut-out bird design, and stained-glass windows in the gables. Inside, the original floorplan, plasterwork, pocket doors and a carved staircase survive. The house once anchored a 60-acre dairy farm, whose herd earned local honors in the 1920s, but the property now covers about one-third of an acre and no farm outbuildings remain. The Crossman family owned the house for 62 years, until 1954. It was listed as a well-preserved example of rural architecture reflecting Arlington's agricultural origins, and it is one of the few late-19th century dwellings left in the county.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In excellent condition, little altered since 1892, and maintained as a private single-dwelling residence; no historic outbuildings remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.427782-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/6795/41679576/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03000455.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000455/b2b901e335-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000455/b2b901e335-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Crossman_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</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:George_Crossman_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679576","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Crossman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712352"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/crossman-george-house-03000455/"}