{"nrhp_refnum":"05000765","name":"Trenton","other_names":["The Brick House","Vdhr #024-0001"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"751 Oak Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cumberland","county":"Cumberland County","state":"VA","lat":37.529570236500035,"lon":-78.28494674272072,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Conservation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Trenton, also called the Brick House, is a two-and-a-half-story, three-bay brick dwelling built around 1829 by Dr. John Trent in Cumberland County, Virginia. It sits within the Cumberland State Forest, on about 13 acres with a cemetery and outbuildings.","why_significant":"It is an example of rural Federal-style architecture with transitional Early Classical Revival and Greek Revival elements, and it retains high integrity. It also reflects the county's agricultural history as a working farm. In the twentieth century it served as headquarters and superintendent's residence for the Cumberland State Forest, tying it to Virginia's conservation program.","narrative":"Built around 1829 by Dr. John Trent, Trenton is a two-and-a-half-story brick house in Cumberland County, Virginia, now within the Cumberland State Forest. Its center-passage, double-pile plan, Palladian-inspired motif in the entry hall, fanlights, paneled wainscoting and scroll stair brackets mark it as rural Federal architecture with hints of the Early Classical Revival and Greek Revival styles. Although Trent was a physician, the estate was a working farm producing tobacco, corn and other crops. The federal government acquired the land in 1936 under a land conservation program, and the state took title in 1954. Trenton then served as the state forest headquarters and as home to the first three forest superintendents until 1990. A ca. 1960 addition on the original front reoriented the entrance to the south, but the house keeps its character and setting. Its architecture, farming past and role in early state forestry support its listing, with a significance period of about 1829 to 1955.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1829-1955","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Early Republic: Early Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses the state forest headquarters; residential use is limited to periodic overnight forestry training sessions. The house has had minimal alterations, including a ca. 1960 rear addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.471945-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/6803/41680341/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05000765.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000765/aa520ea5ca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000765/aa520ea5ca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trenton,_Cumberland_State_Forest,_Cumberland_County,_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</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:Trenton,_Cumberland_State_Forest,_Cumberland_County,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680341","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton_(Cumberland,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7838541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/cumberland-county/trenton-05000765/"}