{"nrhp_refnum":"05001269","name":"Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Manse","other_names":["The Old Manse","081-0013"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"650 Falling Spring Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glasgow","county":"Rockbridge County","state":"VA","lat":37.68670125400007,"lon":-79.45206854399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story, L-shaped brick Gothic Revival house at 650 Falling Spring Road near Glasgow, Rockbridge County, Virginia, built in 1856-57 as the parsonage for Falling Spring Presbyterian Church. John G. Pole was the contract carpenter.","why_significant":"The manse is tied to the history of Falling Spring Presbyterian Church and its pastor, Rev. William F. Junkin. It is also described as a fine early example of Gothic Revival domestic architecture in the antebellum South, based on A. J. Downing's Cottage Residences. It retains a high level of historic integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1856-57 for the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, this brick house near Glasgow, Virginia, served as the home of the congregation's ministers for more than a century. Rev. William F. Junkin and three church members chose the design from A. J. Downing's book Cottage Residences. John G. Pole of Lexington was the contract carpenter. The house is L-shaped, one and a half stories, with a central passage, five bays, a central front gable, bracketed eaves and a standing-seam metal roof. The front facade is laid in Flemish bond. Inside, a decorative wood arch spans the center hall. The congregation sold it in 1970, and it is now a private home on an 8.18-acre rural lot. It was listed for its link to the church and the religious history of the area, and as an early, well-built example of Gothic Revival domestic architecture in the antebellum South. It retains a high degree of historic integrity.","period_of_significance":"1857-1955","architect_builder":"John G. Pole - contract carpenter","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Sold by the church in 1970 to a private owner and still used as a single dwelling; it remains much as built apart from some functional modernizations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.152272-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/6834/41683446/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05001269.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001269/c6cb2b307d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001269/c6cb2b307d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falling_Spring_Presbyterian_Manse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falling_Spring_Presbyterian_Manse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683446","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Spring_Presbyterian_Church_Manse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712307"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockbridge-county/falling-spring-presbyterian-church-manse-05001269/"}