{"nrhp_refnum":"04000576","name":"Clarke-Palmore House","other_names":["Clarke Home","043-0085"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"904 McCoul St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Henrico County","state":"VA","lat":37.50790513000007,"lon":-77.40647700465286,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay brick farmhouse with two brick outbuildings at 904 McCoul Street in eastern Henrico County near Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1819 and raised to two stories in 1855.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house and its outbuildings form an intact 19th-century farm complex that keeps the character of an early Henrico County family farm. The buildings show how structures were adapted over time, with the kitchen becoming a barn and the smokehouse a pump house in the early 20th century. The property is presented as a reminder of the county's vanishing agricultural past, and it qualifies under Criterion C for architecture.","narrative":"Set on Marion Hill in eastern Henrico County, this brick farmhouse began in 1819 as a one-and-one-half-story Federal dwelling built for Daniel Higgenbotham of Richmond. John W. Clarke bought the property in 1855 and added a full second story in a plainer brick bond. His son-in-law, John W. Palmore, added a frame kitchen and dining wing with a wraparound porch in 1910. Two brick outbuildings survive beside the house: an early 19th-century kitchen later turned into a barn, and a smokehouse converted into a pump house with a rainwater cistern. The property stayed in one family and was farmed for generations before passing to Henrico County in 1996. It was listed for architecture because the buildings together show an evolving farm complex that kept being adapted for new uses into the early 20th century. A 2003 archaeological survey supported the property's farming history.","period_of_significance":"1819-1953","architect_builder":"Unknown (1819) / John W. Clarke (1855) / John W. Palmore (1910)","architectural_style":"Federal/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is in stable condition apart from some second-floor ceiling plaster and a porch floor under reconstruction. The kitchen/barn needs stabilization. Current function is listed as a house museum, and the property is owned by Henrico County.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.071662-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/6812/41681221/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000576.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000576/17689eae50-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000576/17689eae50-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clarke-Palmore_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</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:Clarke-Palmore_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681221","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%E2%80%93Palmore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127455"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/henrico-county/clarke-palmore-house-04000576/"}