{"nrhp_refnum":"03001437","name":"Stewart-Hinton House","other_names":["Department of Historic Resources File # 123-0055"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"416 High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Petersburg (Independent City)","county":"Petersburg","state":"VA","lat":37.23129614700008,"lon":-77.41131918999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Flemish-bond brick Federal house on a raised basement at 416 High Street in Petersburg, Virginia, built about 1798 for tobacco merchant Robert Stewart and his wife Amy Goodwyn Stewart.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the finest and most intact Federal houses in Petersburg, meeting Criterion C at the local level for architecture. It has sophisticated Federal detailing inside and out. Unusual features include a triple doorway on the rear wall and a double-pile east parlor with two fireplaces, which the form says are not known at other Virginia houses of the period.","narrative":"Built about 1798 at 416 High Street in Petersburg, this two-story brick house sits on a raised basement under a low hipped roof of wood shingles. Robert Stewart, a Scottish-born tobacco merchant, and his wife Amy Goodwyn Stewart had it built, and it was said to be the finest house on High Street at the time. The brick is laid in Flemish bond on every side, and the front doorway and first-floor hall share a distinctive cornice motif of gouge-work diamonds and vertical flutings. Three doorways on the rear wall and a double-pile east parlor with two fireplaces are described as unknown at other Virginia houses of the period. Later owners restored the front door case, roof, and chimneys, and archaeological work in the basement recovered over 2,000 domestic artifacts. The house was recognized for its architecture as one of Petersburg's finest and most intact Federal houses.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1798-1953","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the basement was rehabilitated into an apartment in 2002.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.802073-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/6824/41682464/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03001437.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001437/329b4d52ca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001437/329b4d52ca-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hinton_House,_416_High_Street,_Petersburg,_Petersburg,_VA_HABS_VA,27-PET,12-1.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hinton_House,_416_High_Street,_Petersburg,_Petersburg,_VA_HABS_VA,27-PET,12-1.tif"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80004314","name":"Petersburg Old Town Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/petersburg-old-town-historic-district-additional-documentation-80004314/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682464","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart%E2%80%93Hinton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900716"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/petersburg/stewart-hinton-house-03001437/"}