{"nrhp_refnum":"05001545","name":"Scott House (Additional Documentation)","other_names":["Frederic W. Scott House","Scott-Bocock House","Vdhr # 127-0228-0001"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"909 West Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.55039389500007,"lon":-77.45120022299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Conservation","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Beaux-Arts mansion faced in Indiana limestone at 909 West Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia, built around 1907 as a single-family residence for Frederic W. Scott, with a Tudor-style carriage house begun in 1902 at the rear.","why_significant":"The form argues the house is significant under Criterion C for its Beaux-Arts architecture and artistic interior decoration, designed by the Richmond firm Noland and Baskervill, and under Criterion B for its association with the Scott family, notably Mary Wingfield Scott and Elisabeth Scott-Bocock. The carriage house is documented as an additional contributing building.","narrative":"Located on West Franklin Street in Richmond, this seven-bay, three-story mansion was built around 1907 for financier Frederic W. Scott. Its pale Indiana limestone front, central portico with four giant Corinthian columns, balustrades and heavy quoining draw on the Beaux-Arts tradition, with Marble House in Newport and the Petit Trianon at Versailles as models. Inside, the ground-floor rooms each follow a different historical style: French in the hall and drawing room, Gothic in the library, Adamesque in the dining room and conservatory, and Renaissance in the den. A double-return staircase rises beneath a domed gallery, and plasterwork and sculpture were executed by Ferruccio Legnaioli. The Richmond firm Noland and Baskervill designed the building. A half-timbered Tudor carriage house, begun in 1902, sits behind it. The property is recognized for its architecture and art and for its link to the Scott family, including Mary Wingfield Scott and Elisabeth Scott-Bocock. It now houses university offices.","period_of_significance":"1902-1957","architect_builder":"Henry Baskervill, of the firm of Noland and Baskervill","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals - Beaux Arts","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used for university offices (Virginia Commonwealth University); service areas were converted to an apartment in 1955 and later to presidential offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.581244-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/6829/41682917/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05001545.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001545/fa77b33537-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001545/fa77b33537-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_House_Richmond_VA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_House_Richmond_VA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682917","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_House_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899880"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/scott-house-additional-documentation-05001545/"}