{"nrhp_refnum":"05001273","name":"Springdale","other_names":["Half Moon","Alexander Trimble House","Holly Hill","Dixon House","Farm","081-0180"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"70 Gilmore Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington","county":"Rockbridge County","state":"VA","lat":37.74195782600003,"lon":-79.41951623899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick temple-wing-plan house at 70 Gilmore Lane, about four miles southeast of Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, begun around 1812 by builder Colonel John Jordan for Alexander Trimble.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C in architecture. It is a rare local example of the temple-wing form with Palladian three-part massing and a lunette in the front gable. It is also tied to builder John Jordan, who is credited with introducing classical architecture to the Lexington area, and it retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Springdale is a brick manor house about four miles southeast of Lexington, Virginia, in the Great Valley. Begun around 1812, it was built by Colonel John Jordan for farmer and businessman Alexander Trimble. The house began as a Palladian three-part building with a two-story, three-bay, front-gabled central block and one-and-a-half-story wings, all in Flemish bond brick. A large stuccoed half-moon motif fills the front gable, and the interior retains Federal style carved mantels, paneled wainscoting and wooden cornices. In 1914 the wings were raised to two stories and a full-length porch with Doric columns replaced the original small one. Jordan was a well-known regional builder who also worked with Samuel Darst on Washington Hall at Washington and Lee University, and he is credited with bringing classical design to the Lexington area. The temple-wing form remained rare locally, and the house retains a high degree of historic integrity. Its architectural quality and its link to Jordan support its significance, with a period running from about 1812 to 1955.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1812-1955","architect_builder":"Jordan, John","architectural_style":"Federal Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as a single dwelling in both historic and current function. The house was used for student housing and later stood empty or served as farm storage before a 1997 purchase, when it needed rehabilitation but was structurally sound.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.565235-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/6833/41683370/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05001273.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001273/f8fa631b5d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001273/f8fa631b5d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Springdale_outside_Lexington.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Springdale_outside_Lexington.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683370","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springdale_(Lexington,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15278965"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockbridge-county/springdale-05001273/"}