{"nrhp_refnum":"04000715","name":"Carder, George L., House","other_names":["Boxwood Hill","078-5078"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"456 Scrabble Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Castleton","county":"Rappahannock County","state":"VA","lat":38.59985928300006,"lon":-78.13732357599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-12-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse known as Boxwood Hill at 456 Scrabble Road near Castleton, Rappahannock County, Virginia, built about 1833 by George L. Carder, with log, barn and other outbuildings on a 3.9-acre tract.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C as a well-preserved example of Federal-style vernacular architecture built for a prosperous but middling farm family. Notable features include an original cellar kitchen, uncommon in a region where kitchens were usually detached, and a two-door facade with no central passage. Its early log dwelling and outbuildings add to the farmstead's interest.","narrative":"Boxwood Hill, also called the George L. Carder House, is a two-story brick farmhouse on Scrabble Road near Castleton in Rappahannock County, Virginia. Carder built it about 1833 on a limestone foundation that becomes a full third story at the rear, where the slope falls away. Its plain Federal-style details include six-over-six windows, flat brick arches, a dentil-like brick cornice and simple mantels. Two front doors open directly into two principal rooms, with no central passage. The cellar holds an original kitchen with a large fireplace, an unusual feature at a time when kitchens were typically in separate buildings. Carder owned no slaves, and the house was apparently planned for family or hired labor. A small log house, probably older than the brick dwelling, a nineteenth-century barn and other outbuildings remain on the property. The house was recognized for its architecture and for what it shows about the lives of modest Virginia farm families before the Civil War.","period_of_significance":"1831-1921","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-Nineteenth-Century Federal; Other: Vernacular Farmhouse","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling with secondary structures; a modern shed-roofed addition and interior alterations are noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.48705-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/6828/41682823/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000715.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000715/c781e62b20-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000715/c781e62b20-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"self","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_L._Carder_House_and_outbuildings.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">self</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_L._Carder_House_and_outbuildings.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682823","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_L._Carder_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15221536"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rappahannock-county/carder-george-l-house-04000715/"}