{"nrhp_refnum":"04001277","name":"West End Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["133-5040"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Wellons, Washington & Smith Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Suffolk","county":"Suffolk","state":"VA","lat":36.730646566000075,"lon":-76.58982017371187,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small residential historic district on the east side of the 100 block of Wellons Street, between Washington and Smith Streets in Suffolk, Virginia, extending the West End Historic District eastward. It contains nine primary resources, mostly houses built between about 1890 and 1925.","why_significant":"The area is argued to be significant under Criterion A for Community Planning and Development as an intact example of early residential suburban growth in Suffolk, tied to the city's railroad and peanut-industry boom. It is also significant under Criterion C for Architecture as a collection of well-preserved dwellings, including a well-executed Queen Anne house and local vernacular forms with Colonial Revival, Foursquare and Folk Victorian details.","narrative":"Along the east side of Wellons Street in Suffolk, Virginia, a short row of houses extends the West End neighborhood eastward. The group holds eight contributing buildings and four noncontributing resources, mostly garages, sheds and one 1975 house. Most dwellings date from about 1890 to 1925 and are modest local vernacular types, identified more by roof shape and massing than by formal style. Examples include Foursquare-inspired cube-shaped houses, side-gable houses with restrained Colonial Revival details, and a Folk Victorian cottage with sawn trim. The largest is the Queen Anne style J. C. Causey, Jr. House on West Washington Street, later used as a funeral home. The street was platted by 1898 as part of Suffolk's first true suburb, which grew as railroads and the peanut industry expanded the city's middle class. The area was added because it continues the streetscape, street pattern and building types of the original district, and it retains integrity despite some replacement siding.","period_of_significance":"circa 1890 - circa 1925","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; no style (local vernacular forms with Colonial Revival, American Foursquare and Folk Victorian elements)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses remain in residential use; the Queen Anne J. C. Causey, Jr. House at 447 West Washington Street has served as a funeral home since around 1950. Some dwellings have replacement siding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.272693-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/6838/41683867/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04001277.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001277/124d11ba4b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001277/124d11ba4b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Antony-22","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_End_District_Suffolk_2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony-22</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:West_End_District_Suffolk_2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683867","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Historic_District_(Suffolk,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16903107"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/suffolk/west-end-historic-district-boundary-increase-04001277/"}