{"nrhp_refnum":"05001275","name":"Moore, J.W.R., House","other_names":["J.W. Miller House","J.C. Biller House","265-5002"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5588 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Jackson","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.75386753500004,"lon":-78.63445456999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, L-shaped Italianate brick house with a square belvedere at 5588 Main Street at the north end of Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia, built in 1871 and originally at the center of a 200-acre farm. The property also has a brick icehouse/smokehouse/summer kitchen and a frame tenant house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding example of the Italianate house type in Shenandoah County, with unusually elaborate wood ornament on an enlarged version of the traditional Valley I-house form. It is also significant for its association with agriculture, and the craftsmen who built it are unusually well documented for a house of its period.","narrative":"Built in 1871 for J.W.R. Moore, this white-painted brick house sits at the north end of Mount Jackson, set back from the Old Valley Pike with a circular drive and views toward the Massanutten Mountains. It has two unusually tall stories, a three-bay front with a slightly projecting center bay, an L-shaped plan, and a square belvedere topped by a spire. Elaborate wood trim includes paired scrolled consoles under the cornice and an arched-trim front porch. A December 1871 newspaper account credited R. S. Jones as architect and contractor, Thomas J. Burk with the brickwork, and Isaac Sheetz with the woodwork. The house was once the center of a 200-acre farm and still has a brick icehouse/smokehouse/summer kitchen and a frame tenant house. It is recognized for its Italianate design, which enlarged the traditional Valley I-house with applied ornament, and for its agricultural setting.","period_of_significance":"1871-1955","architect_builder":"R. S. Jones","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The main house is in very good condition, the icehouse/smokehouse/summer kitchen is in fair to poor condition, and the tenant house is in fair condition and partly renovated. The house was recently rehabilitated and is still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.379199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/6836/41683603/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05001275.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001275/8101af7901-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001275/8101af7901-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"GreyHoodieLady","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.W.R._Moore_House_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">GreyHoodieLady</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.W.R._Moore_House_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683603","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._R._Moore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15229066"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/moore-j-w-r-house-05001275/"}