{"nrhp_refnum":"03001444","name":"Vincent, William H., House","other_names":["183-5002"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"23016 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Capron","county":"Southampton County","state":"VA","lat":36.70821548200007,"lon":-77.20054253399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style house at 23016 Main Street in Capron, Southampton County, Virginia, built in 1889 by William H. Vincent as the first house in the Capron settlement. The 1.1-acre property includes several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion B for the roles played by William H. Vincent, who brought lumber industry and Methodist religious activity to Capron, and his relative William Vincent Rawlings, a local civic leader, peanut association executive and Virginia state senator. It is significant under Criterion C as a Queen Anne house that retains original windows, floors, fixtures and hardware.","narrative":"Built in 1889 by William H. Vincent, this two-story Queen Anne house on Main Street was the first home in the new settlement of Capron, Southampton County, Virginia. It has a cross gable roof, a corner tower, a modillioned cornice and a wrap-around porch. The porch originally had Eastlake turned columns, which were replaced with Doric columns around 1909, when the tower and a corner gazebo were also added. Inside, original pine floors, plaster crown molding, windows and hardware survive. Vincent, a logging contractor, formed the Vincent-Truitt Lumber Company, hosted the community's first Methodist Sunday school on a large porch, and donated land for a second church. His relative William Vincent Rawlings later served as mayor, led the Hog and Peanut Association from an office converted from the property's garage, and became a Virginia state senator. The property also includes a playhouse, barns, and a moved house known as the Ambrose House.","period_of_significance":"1889-1953","architect_builder":"William H. Vincent (builder/owner); no architect named","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a single-dwelling residence by the same family for three generations until 2001; the exterior is described as in good condition, while the Ambrose House outbuilding is deteriorated and the pool is no longer used. The two-room office remains in use as an association headquarters.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.193902-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/6837/41683707/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03001444.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001444/cdc5ab9d89-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001444/cdc5ab9d89-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Obicivolunteer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_house_the_first_house_built_in_the_Capron_settlement_in_1889.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Obicivolunteer</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:Vincent_house_the_first_house_built_in_the_Capron_settlement_in_1889.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683707","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Vincent_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902736"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/southampton-county/vincent-william-h-house-03001444/"}