{"nrhp_refnum":"06000368","name":"Selma","other_names":["DHR Number 065-0077"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"16237 Courthouse Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eastville","county":"Northampton County","state":"VA","lat":37.35894834100003,"lon":-75.94192459199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Selma is a single-family dwelling with a detached kitchen, cemeteries and a boxwood garden at 16237 Courthouse Road in Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. The original house dates to about 1785 and was enlarged in the 19th and early 20th centuries.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for significance under Criterion C as an example of additive construction typical of Virginia's Eastern Shore, with a detached kitchen linked to the main house by a hyphen. The 1785 core, with its gambrel roof, side-passage plan and Flemish bond foundation, was altered by George Yerby around 1836 and by Elise Jarvis around 1914-1920. These changes are reflected in the present form.","narrative":"Selma is a house on Courthouse Road in Eastville, Virginia, begun around 1785 after Isaac Smith bought the land from John Bowdoin Jr. The original building was a two-story, side-passage, single-pile dwelling under a gambrel roof, set on a Flemish bond brick foundation. Around 1836 George Yerby lengthened the hall and added a two-story block to the west, and he also built a detached kitchen. Between about 1914 and 1920 Elise Jarvis removed the Yerby block, added rooms to the north and built an ell connecting the house to the kitchen. Asbestos shingles were later applied over the weatherboard. The property also includes two family cemeteries, a boxwood garden, a shed and the site of an earlier kitchen. It was listed for its illustration of additive construction typical of Virginia's Eastern Shore, where a main house, hyphen and kitchen grew in stages over generations.","period_of_significance":"circa 1785 - circa 1920","architect_builder":"Isaac Smith; George T. Yerby; Elise U. Jarvis","architectural_style":"Colonial (Dutch style roof); Mid-19th Century Greek Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as single dwelling, secondary structure and cemetery, with a vacant/not in use category also listed. A collapsed shed and a well pump are noncontributing.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.677869-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/6822/41682218/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000368.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000368/8d1b864d52-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000368/8d1b864d52-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selma_at_Eastville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selma_at_Eastville.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000795","name":"Eastville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/eastville-historic-district-09000795/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682218","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_(Eastville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14692387"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/northampton-county/selma-06000368/"}