{"nrhp_refnum":"06000121","name":"Northbank","other_names":["049-0051"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"453 N. Bank Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Walkerton","county":"King and Queen County","state":"VA","lat":37.76728782850006,"lon":-77.07180912960894,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Northbank is a plantation house on the Mattaponi River about 3 miles northwest of Walkerton, King and Queen County, Virginia. Begun in 1722, it was enlarged in 1827, 1863 and 1911 and sits on 156 acres with a smoke house, kitchen house, pole barn shed and family cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the 2.5-story timber-framed dwelling is architecturally significant under Criterion C as a representative example of dwellings built in the region in the 1700s and 1800s. Successive owners enlarged the house by raising roorooflines and adding wings rather than rebuilding, and it keeps much original woodwork such as random-width pine floors, hand-hewn beams, an enclosed staircase and period mantels. Its surviving outbuildings are described as representative of colonial plantation outbuildings.","narrative":"Northbank is a plantation house overlooking the Mattaponi River, roughly three miles northwest of Walkerton in King and Queen County, Virginia. It began in 1722 as a one-and-a-half-story dormered frame dwelling with a hall and parlor, and grew through additions in 1827, 1863 and 1911 into a 2.5-story clapboard house on a raised Flemish bond brick foundation. Much of the early fabric survives, including hand-hewn beams, random-width pine floors, an enclosed staircase, mantels and the original chimney. The 156-acre property also holds a smoke house, kitchen house, pole barn shed and a family cemetery, with a later garage counted as noncontributing. The house was listed for its architecture. Its growth by added wings and raised rooflines reflects how colonial and nineteenth-century planter families expanded their homes as family size and fortunes changed. The same family owned it from 1722 until 1990, and the interior has seen little remodeling.","period_of_significance":"1722 - 1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current functions are listed as single dwelling, secondary structures and cemetery; the house was sold in 1990 after remaining in one family from 1722.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.198786-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/6813/41681389/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000121.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000121/d4c8836059-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000121/d4c8836059-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northbank_drive.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northbank_drive.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681389","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbank_(Walkerton,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712979"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-and-queen-county/northbank-06000121/"}