{"nrhp_refnum":"03001092","name":"McVitty Home","other_names":["Inn at Burwell Place","Vdhr # 129-66"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"601 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salem","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.29178264800004,"lon":-80.06754735299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-10-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Colonial Revival house at 601 West Main Street in Salem, Virginia, built in 1906 for Samuel H. McVitty and enlarged in 1925. It is now also known as the Inn at Burwell Place.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an unusually refined example of Colonial Revival architecture with Adam-style elements, notably its elliptical fanlight windows and elaborate dormers, which it says are not found elsewhere in the area. It is also tied to Samuel H. McVitty and the Leas and McVitty Tannery, a business important to Salem. The house closes a group of five mansions bordering Lake Spring Park.","narrative":"Built in 1906 at 601 West Main Street in Salem, this large frame house was the first Roanoke Valley home of Samuel H. McVitty, a Philadelphia native who ran the Salem branch of the family's Leas and McVitty Tannery. It began as a two-story box with weatherboard siding, a wrap-around porch with Tuscan columns, three-part symmetrical windows, and dormers with semi-circular lunettes. A substantial 1925 addition turned the plan into an L shape. Colonial Revival in overall style, the house carries many Adam-inspired details, especially elliptical fanlight windows, a fanlight entrance with sidelights, and a sunporch with a sleeping porch above. Inside are 27 rooms, original brass hardware, wainscoting, and French doors. The house is considered notable for its architectural refinement and its link to the tannery that shaped Salem's economy. It is also the last of five mansions along Lake Spring Park, built after the old Lake Spring Hotel was gone. The architect is believed to be Charles Barton Keen.","period_of_significance":"1906-1953","architect_builder":"Unknown (the architect is believed to have been Charles Barton Keen)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as being in immaculate condition, with a pristine interior; the form lists its current function as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.879892-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/6832/41683251/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03001092.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001092/be1e8c409f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001092/be1e8c409f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Molly Cardenas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McVittyHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Molly Cardenas</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:McVittyHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683251","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McVitty_Home","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894951"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/mcvitty-home-03001092/"}