{"nrhp_refnum":"05001620","name":"Brick House","other_names":["King David's Palace","005-0002"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"854 Fletcher's Level Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifford","county":"Amherst County","state":"VA","lat":37.645675668000024,"lon":-79.02117875399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, seven-bay Federal style brick dwelling at 854 Fletcher's Level Road in Clifford (formerly New Glasgow), Amherst County, Virginia, built circa 1803 by David Shepherd Garland and measuring 65 by 44 feet.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion B for its link to David Shepherd Garland, a large landowner, attorney, state legislator and U.S. Representative who helped shape the village. It is significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of Federal architecture interpreted by local craftsmen, with mantels copied from English pattern books. It was also one of few brick buildings in a town of mostly wooden structures.","narrative":"Built around 1803 in the village then called New Glasgow, now Clifford, this large Federal style brick house was the home of David Shepherd Garland. Garland was an attorney, landowner, Virginia legislator and briefly a U.S. Representative. The two-story house has a seven-bay south facade laid in Flemish bond, a projecting pavilion with a lunette window, and a doorway with fluted pilasters and a fanlight. Its T-shaped plan places a shallow central hall between two parlors, with the dining room behind. Additions followed around 1830 and 1850. Local craftsmen carved the mantels, copying designs from pattern books by William Pain and others, and the dining room mantel is the most elaborate. Sited prominently at the main crossroads, the house was nicknamed King David's Palace in reference to its owner's wealth and standing. It left Garland family hands in 1846. Its original floors, plaster, woodwork and glass largely survive, and it remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":"1803-1846","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; retains most original materials and plan, with two historic 19th-century additions. No outbuildings survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.205591-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/6795/41679521/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05001620.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001620/d47063059e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001620/d47063059e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_House_Clifford_Dec_08.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_House_Clifford_Dec_08.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679521","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_House_(Clifford,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965913"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/amherst-county/brick-house-05001620/"}