{"nrhp_refnum":"04000483","name":"Bourne, Stephen G., House","other_names":["Bourne-Hale House","VDHR file# 038-0018"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6707 Spring Valley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fries","county":"Grayson County","state":"VA","lat":36.73651958550005,"lon":-81.07951915611835,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story weatherboarded log dwelling on the 98-acre Meadow View Farm in Spring Valley, near Fries, Grayson County, Virginia, built around 1829-1830 for Stephen Gray Bourne. The nominated parcel also holds a log smokehouse, a frame barn, a corncrib and a family cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an important and rare survival of a substantial, well-preserved log house type that was popular in the region. It has early decorative details, including Federal-style mantels, wainscot and molded trim. It has been preserved by two families, the Bournes and the Hales, and reflects the way of life of early settlers in mountainous southwestern Virginia.","narrative":"Set among meadows, hills and mountains in Spring Valley, near Fries in Grayson County, Virginia, this two-story log house was built around 1829-1830 for Stephen Gray Bourne. It has weatherboarded walls, a fieldstone foundation, a gable roof of pressed metal shingles and brick end chimneys. Inside are two rooms of unequal size, each with its own enclosed winder stair, flush-board wainscot, molded trim and Federal-style mantels. A kitchen and dining room were added at the back in the 1800s, and more rooms were added in 1947. The farm also retains a dovetail-notched log smokehouse, a frame barn, a corncrib and a Bourne family cemetery. The Bourne family kept the house until a public auction in 1908, when June Piper Hale bought it. It was listed for its architecture, as a rare, well-preserved example of a regionally popular log house type with early decorative details, protected over time by two families.","period_of_significance":"1829-1953","architect_builder":"Stephen Gray Bourne","architectural_style":"Other: Log House","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, with the only alteration being added modern conveniences; still used 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 02:52:02.307829-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/6810/41681003/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000483.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000483/bf665617e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000483/bf665617e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Bonita L. Harless","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_G._Bourne_House,_also_known_as_Bourne-Hale_House_(Front_View).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonita L. Harless</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:Stephen_G._Bourne_House,_also_known_as_Bourne-Hale_House_(Front_View).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681003","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_G._Bourne_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713259"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/grayson-county/bourne-stephen-g-house-04000483/"}