{"nrhp_refnum":"04000155","name":"Boyce Historic District","other_names":["Vdhr # 172-0001"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Includes Crescent Sts., Greenway Ave., Huntingdon Ln., Main St. Old Chapel Ave., Railroad Ln., Saratoga, VA, and Whiting","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boyce","county":"Clarke County","state":"VA","lat":39.09201083350007,"lon":-78.06094878990878,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 102-acre historic district covering most of the incorporated Town of Boyce in Clarke County, Virginia. It grew from 1880 around the Shenandoah Valley Railroad and the Winchester-Berry's Ferry Turnpike.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the district's mix of building types and styles shows the town's growth from the late 19th century onward. It is significant under architecture, with mostly vernacular dwellings, commercial buildings and a few high-style examples such as Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Classical Revival and Craftsman. Most contributing buildings date from about 1880 to 1920, the town's period of greatest growth.","narrative":"Boyce, in southern Clarke County, Virginia, began in 1880 where the new Shenandoah Valley Railroad crossed the turnpike between the Shenandoah River and Winchester. It was first called Boyceville and was incorporated as Boyce in 1910. The historic district covers about 102 acres and includes dwellings with their outbuildings, commercial buildings near the tracks, four churches, three school buildings and a train station. Most of the 154 contributing buildings date from about 1880 to 1920. Many are vernacular frame I-houses on stone foundations, while a few show Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Classical Revival or Craftsman styling. Early commercial buildings beside the railroad carry more decoration than the houses of the same period. The district also preserves resources tied to the town's African-American community, including the 1885 Boyce Colored School and Mount Zion Baptist Church. The district was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved record of a railroad town's growth.","period_of_significance":"1880-1953","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Queen Anne, Second Gothic Revival); Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Classical Revival); Bungalow/Craftsman; I-house","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Primarily a residential community with a school, bank, post office and several businesses along Main Street and Greenway Avenue. The 1885 Boyce Colored School is vacant but retains much of its integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.46094-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/6802/41680210/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000155.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000155/7c434a3e18-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000155/7c434a3e18-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Acroterion","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boyce_VA1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Acroterion</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boyce_VA1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680210","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyce_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712060"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/clarke-county/boyce-historic-district-04000155/"}