{"nrhp_refnum":"04000479","name":"Saunders, Henry, House","other_names":["Vdhr# 046-0006"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13009 East Windsor Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Windsor","county":"Isle of Wight County","state":"VA","lat":36.80713875300006,"lon":-76.70778225158108,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A story-and-a-half, three-bay, hall-parlor plan frame house with Flemish-bond brick gable ends on a raised brick basement, built about 1796 by Henry Saunders. It stands on the north side of U.S. Route 460, about 2.6 miles east of Windsor, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an exemplary model of late 18th-century Anglo-American architecture built by aspiring landowners in southeastern Virginia (Criterion C). It also reflects the building activity and social development of the Tidewater region, and its unusual interior arrangement, with the stair moved from its customary location, is rare (Criterion A). Its original hall woodwork, now held by the Smithsonian, has been widely viewed and used for research.","narrative":"Built around 1796 by Henry Saunders, this story-and-a-half frame farmhouse in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, follows a hall-parlor plan, with two rooms on each of three levels. Its brick gable ends are laid in Flemish bond, the walls are covered in beaded weatherboard, and three dormers light the south roof slope. Saunders was a prosperous planter, wealthier than most of his neighbors though below the county elite, and he built the house when he was nearly seventy to mark his success. Its elaborate interior, with paneled walls, a Chinese Chippendale style stair balustrade and a modillion cornice, set it apart from similar farmhouses. The original hall woodwork was removed in the early 20th century and is now held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, where historians have studied it. The house is valued as a rare, well-documented example of late 18th-century Tidewater building and of the lives of aspiring landowners.","period_of_significance":"ca 1796-1953","architect_builder":"Saunders, Henry--Builder","architectural_style":"Vernacular with interior elements of the Late Georgian style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and still used as a single dwelling, with a barn, granary, shed and grape arbor on the property. Some original hall woodwork was removed and is held by the Smithsonian; the hall's paneling and stair are reproductions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.470932-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/6813/41681354/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000479.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000479/56ca745c57-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000479/56ca745c57-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Saunders_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Saunders_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681354","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Saunders_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712523"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/isle-of-wight-county/saunders-henry-house-04000479/"}